Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe 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: 20230296680
    Abstract: An inspection system includes a battery pack, an intake duct, an exhaust duct, at least one chloride-ion detection sensor, and a first controller. The battery pack is configured to accommodate a battery equipped in a vehicle. The intake duct is configured to guide air outside the vehicle into the battery pack to air-cool the battery. The exhaust duct is configured to guide air inside the battery pack outward from the vehicle. The at least one chloride-ion detection sensor is disposed inside the battery pack and is configured to detect a chloride ion. The first controller includes at least one first processor and at least one first memory coupled to the at least one first processor. The at least one first processor is configured to execute a process including performing an inspection of corrosion of the battery pack based on a detection value detected by the chloride-ion detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meiko UEYAMA, Hiroshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20230279522
    Abstract: A method for dissolving a lithium compound according to the present invention includes bringing a lithium compound into contact with water or an acidic solution, and feeding, separately from the lithium compound, a carbonate ion to the water or the acidic solution to produce carbonic acid, and allowing the carbonic acid to react with the lithium compound to produce lithium hydrogen carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka ARIYOSHI, Isao TOMITA, Hiroshi ABE
  • Patent number: 11718895
    Abstract: A method for dissolving a lithium compound according to the present invention includes bringing a lithium compound into contact with water or an acidic solution, and feeding, separately from the lithium compound, a carbonate ion to the water or the acidic solution to produce carbonic acid, and allowing the carbonic acid to react with the lithium compound to produce lithium hydrogen carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ariyoshi, Isao Tomita, Hiroshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20230223829
    Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Mutsumi MATSUURA, Takashi NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi ABE, Shinya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11686777
    Abstract: A power source control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes a traction motor, the system including a first battery that is a bipolar battery and is to be used as a power source for the traction motor; a second battery that is a bipolar battery different from the first battery; a mirror current generator circuit configured to generate a mirror current based on a current flowing through the first battery; a mirror current supply source circuit configured to cause the mirror current to flow through the second battery; and a diagnostic circuit configured to perform degradation diagnosis on the second battery on a basis of at least one of a voltage or a temperature of the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ichiki, Hiroshi Abe, Hiroshi Kusano
  • Publication number: 20230193294
    Abstract: A mRNA for the synthesis of a protein, including a translation region containing a start codon and a stop codon and an untranslated region positioned on the 5?-end side of the start codon, in which some phosphate groups within the range of at least from the 5?end of the untranslated region to 15 nt on the 3?-end side of the start codon are substituted with phosphorothioate groups, is provided. A method for producing an mRNA, including: a step of preparing a DNA template; a step of preparing an unmodified NTP containing ATP, GTP, CTP, and UTP, and a modified NTP in which at least one kind of phosphate group of the unmodified NTP is substituted with a phosphorothioate group; and a step of performing a transcription reaction with RNA polymerase using the DNA template as a template and the unmodified NTP and the modified NTP as substrates, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Naoko Abe
  • Patent number: 11676834
    Abstract: In substrate processing, by supplying a first processing liquid onto an upper surface 91 of a substrate 9 held in a horizontal state, a liquid film 81 of the first processing liquid which entirely covers the upper surface 91 is formed. Further, by heating the substrate 9, a vapor layer 82 of the first processing liquid is formed between the upper surface 91 and the liquid film 81 of the first processing liquid on the upper surface 91. Then, by supplying a second processing liquid onto the upper surface 91 of the substrate 9, the liquid film 81 of the first processing liquid is removed from the upper surface 91. It is thereby possible to appropriately remove extraneous matters 89 from the upper surface 91 of the substrate 9, which are taken in the liquid film 81 of the first processing liquid as the vapor layer 82 is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventors: Manabu Okutani, Tsutomu Osuka, Katsuei Higashi, Hiroshi Abe, Naohiko Yoshihara
  • Publication number: 20230141040
    Abstract: A coin hopper includes a container, a base, a rotating body having separation holes for holding the coin and being disposed so as to face the base, and a control pin that is disposed in a conveyance path for the coin held by the rotating body, that comes into contact with the coin being conveyed, and that changes a moving direction of the coin. The rotating body includes a first resin rotating body, a metal rotating body, and a second resin rotating body. The metal rotating body is sandwiched between the first resin rotating body and the second resin rotating body. The first resin rotating body, the metal rotating body, and the second resin rotating body are fixed to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ABE, Kazuya TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230133469
    Abstract: A diagnostic method to be implemented by a computer includes conducting a deterioration diagnosis of a dummy battery through which a mirror current based on a current flowing through a battery used as a power source for a drive motor flows; and, in a case where it is determined in the deterioration diagnosis that the dummy battery is deteriorated, conducting a reversible deterioration diagnosis of the dummy battery based on a usage state of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Meiko UEYAMA, Hiroshi ABE, Shun KIMIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230132311
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing lithium hydroxide, which can obtain lithium hydroxide from lithium sulfate with a relatively low cost. A method for producing lithium hydroxide from lithium sulfate includes: a hydroxylation step of allowing the lithium sulfate to react with barium hydroxide in a liquid to provide a lithium hydroxide solution; a barium removal step of removing barium ions in the lithium hydroxide solution using a cation exchange resin and/or a chelate resin; and a crystallization step of precipitating lithium hydroxide in the lithium hydroxide solution that has undergone the barium removal step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka ARIYOSHI, Isao TOMITA, Hiroshi ABE
  • Patent number: 11626784
    Abstract: A stator structure of an embodiment includes a stator core that comprises: a ring-shaped main body; and a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction of the main body and arranged along a circumferential direction of the main body. The main body comprises a plurality of elongated holes that are formed in an arc shape along the circumferential direction of the main body and that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body, and a plurality of holes that are arranged along the circumferential direction of the main body between the teeth and the elongated holes in the radial direction of the main body. At least one of the holes is disposed between beams and the teeth located close to the beams, the beams being provided between the adjacent elongated holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Matsuura, Takashi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Abe, Shinya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230101938
    Abstract: A golf club head comprises a head main body and a face member. The head main body is provided with a face support portion to which the face member is fixed. The face member comprises a front plate portion, a backwardly directed portion extending backwardly of the head from the front plate portion, and a centrally directed portion extending toward of a center of the face from the backwardly directed portion. The rear surface of the centrally directed portion is fixed to the face support portion of the head main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ABE, Kiyofumi MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20230097172
    Abstract: A method for producing a capped RNA which is an RNA having the 5?-end modified with a cap, the method including: reacting an activated capping compound represented by with a monophosphate RNA having the 5?-end monophosphorylated, where, L represents a leaving group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Yasuaki Kimura, Naoko Abe
  • Publication number: 20230073999
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polynucleotide having a modification site in a translated region with translation activity retained. The object can be achieved by a polynucleotide containing a translated region from a start codon to a stop codon, in which the translated region contains n codons, and the n is a positive integer of 2 or more, each of the n codons contains first, second and third nucleotides, and the first nucleotides in at least two codons of the n codons are sugar modified nucleotides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi ABE, Hiroto IWAI, Masakazu HOMMA, Kana ASANO, Kenji HARADA, Junichiro YAMAMOTO, Fumikazu SHINOHARA, Keiichi MOTOSAWA, Yasuaki KIMURA, Kosuke NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11597745
    Abstract: A ?-modified phosphoric acid compound precursor that inhibits the progress of a phosphorylation reaction having a partial structure represented by where A1 represents —SR1, —S—S—R1, —SeR1, or —X, where X is a halogen selected from fluoro, chloro, bromo, and iodo; R1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L1 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; L1 and L2 may be linked to each other to form a 4 to 6-membered ring structure; L1 and L2 may each have a substituent; and the symbol * represents a bond to be bonded to a phosphate group by phosphorylation. Further, provided are a reaction inhibitor and a medicine, each of which includes the ?-modified phosphoric acid compound precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Yasuaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11599992
    Abstract: A display control apparatus that performs rendering on volume data generated based on a signal obtained by receiving a photoacoustic wave generated by an object irradiated with light includes a first unit configured to obtain positional information of a surface of the object, a second unit configured to set a region inside the object between a surface located at a first distance from the surface of the object and a surface located at a second distance from the surface of the object as a display region on the basis of the positional information of the surface of the object, and a third unit configured to perform the rendering on the volume data in a manner that the display region and a region except for the display region can be discriminated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Abe
  • Patent number: 11579000
    Abstract: A measurement operation parameter adjustment apparatus that enables efficient measurement of the placement position of an object to be measured even in the case where there are variations in the placement positions, the sizes, and the product types of objects to be measured includes a machine learning device. The machine learning device observes measurement operation parameter data representing the measurement operation parameter of the measurement operation and measurement time data representing time taken to perform the measurement operation as a state variable representing a current environmental state and performs learning or decision-making using a learning model obtained by modeling adjustment of the measurement operation parameter based on the state variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Abe
  • Publication number: 20230008149
    Abstract: A method for raising a temperature of a battery module for a vehicle. The method including generating heat in one or more resistors of the battery module by supplying one or more voltages from at least a part of cells of the battery module. The battery module includes the cells coupled in series, and the one or more resistors configured to generate heat after being energized and cause temperature of the cells to be raised. Voltages of the cells are subjected to monitoring and controlling by a cell monitoring unit of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Norio SUZUKI, Hiroshi Abe, Kazuya Tachimoto
  • Patent number: 11534665
    Abstract: A golf club head comprises a head main body and a face member. The head main body is provided with a face support portion to which the face member is fixed. The face member comprises a front plate portion, a backwardly directed portion extending backwardly of the head from the front plate portion, and a centrally directed portion extending toward of a center of the face from the backwardly directed portion. The rear surface of the centrally directed portion is fixed to the face support portion of the head main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Abe, Kiyofumi Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11524314
    Abstract: In a second liquid supply step, a second liquid film and a first liquid film surrounding a side of the second liquid film are formed on an upper surface of a substrate. Then, in a vapor layer formation step, by heating the substrate, a second vapor layer is formed by evaporating the second liquid contacting the upper surface of the substrate, and the second liquid film is held on the second vapor layer. Since the second liquid included in the second liquid film has a high vapor pressure, a height position of a lower surface of the floating second liquid film may be kept high. By blowing a gas to the floating second liquid film, a hole is formed in the second liquid film, and by expanding the hole toward an outer periphery of the substrate, the first liquid and the second liquid are removed outside the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Okutani, Hiroshi Abe, Takaaki Ishizu