Patents by Inventor Jun Akedo

Jun Akedo 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: 20240018663
    Abstract: A ceramic coating member with excellent rust prevention performance is provided. A ceramic coating member according to an embodiment of the present invention has a ceramic membrane arranged with ceramic fine particles on a metal substrate, wherein one-dimensional surface kurtosis (Rku) of the ceramic membrane is 3 or less, or two-dimensional surface kurtosis (Sku) is 3 or less, or 1<(Rkub·Hyp)/Hys<6, in the case where one-dimensional interface kurtosis of a convexoconcave formed at an interface of the ceramic membrane and the metal substrate is defined as Rkub, a hardness of the metal substrate is defined as Hvs, and a hardness of the ceramic particles is defined as Hvp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jun AKEDO, Isao OHNO
  • Publication number: 20230234084
    Abstract: Provided is a film forming apparatus capable of stably supplying a large amount of ceramic raw material powder for a long time and forming a homogeneous and dense film. A film forming apparatus 1 for forming a film on a base material K includes an aerosol transport path 10 for ejecting an aerosol obtained by dispersing a ceramic raw material powder in a gas, from an ejection end 10a toward the base material K, in which a flow path cross-section at an ejection end 10a of the aerosol transport path 10 has a substantially circular shape with an area of 10 mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kyohei Manabe, Katsuki Higaki, Hisao Ohnishi, Mitsuaki Echigo, Tadayuki Sogi, Jun Akedo, Rintaro Aoyagi, Hiroaki Matsui, Kentaro Shinoda, Hiroki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20230109626
    Abstract: A coating film has a surfactant having a hydrophobic group or a lipophilic group and a hydrophilic group, and a film having holes on a surface thereof capable of carrying the surfactant. The surfactant has the lipophilic group of 5 or more carbon atoms and does not evaporate at room temperature. The film is a porous film. A porosity of the porous film is 5% or more and 60% or less. The surfactant is an abietic acid-based compound. Alternatively, the surfactant is chlorhexidine. A hole diameter of the holes is greater than 10 times as large as a size of a virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Takeji Ueda, Yoichi Yamada, Jun Akedo
  • Patent number: 11535941
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is that there is no method for forming a dense structure on a porous structure at low cost. In addition, another object is to provide a high quality and inexpensive structure of a brittle material and a laminate thereof as an intermediate layer for facilitating formation of a dense structure on a porous structure. A structure is provided having a brittle particle assembly having a plurality of brittle particles, wherein the brittle particle assemblies are arranged adjacently to each other, and the brittle particles having a brittle material region in the periphery are crosslinked (connected) by the brittle material region to bond the brittle particles to each other, and thereby form a brittle material crosslinked structure region preventing the mobility of the brittle particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kentaro Shinoda, Takanori Saeki, Masakazu Mori, Jun Akedo
  • Patent number: 11338545
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a plastic substrate (A); a hardened organic polymer layer (B) provided on a surface of the plastic substrate (A) and having a storage elastic modulus of from 0.01 to 5 GPa and tan ? of from 0.1 to 2.0 at 25° C. which are measured at a temperature elevating rate of 2° C./min by a dynamic viscoelasticity test stipulated in JIS K 7244; an organic/inorganic composite layer (C) provided on a surface of the hardened organic polymer layer (B) and containing covalently bound organic polymer and metal oxide nanoparticles; and an inorganic layer (D) provided on a surface of the organic/inorganic composite layer (C) and comprising secondary particles of ceramic or metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Noda, Jun Akedo, Hideki Goda, Takeshi Fukuda, Haruhisa Togashi
  • Publication number: 20220073434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a highly dense aggregate of brittle material particles having an interface at which the particles are bonded to each other and pores between the brittle material particles structuring the highly dense aggregate, where a porosity which is a volume ratio of the pores with respect to the whole of the highly dense aggregate is equal to or less than 20%, and a volume ratio of the pores communicating with an apparent outer surface of the highly dense aggregate with respect to a volume of all of the pores of the highly dense aggregate is equal to or higher than 65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Muneyasu SUZUKI, Jun Akedo, Shusuke Kanazawa, Motoshi Itagaki, Shun Hasegawa, Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Hirobumi Ushijima
  • Patent number: 11225436
    Abstract: A layered structure having high adhesive properties, and high hardness or excellent transparency, is prepared on a base material such as a resin. A layered structure including: an organic-inorganic hybrid member containing a primary inorganic particle and an organic polymer covalently bound to each other, wherein the primary inorganic particle forms a network containing the polymer; and a particle aggregate layer containing a secondary particle which is deposited on the organic-inorganic hybrid member and is composed of an inorganic material or a metallic material; wherein in the organic-inorganic hybrid member, the primary inorganic particle and the secondary particle have different crystal particle sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Hiroaki Noda, Hiroki Tsuda, Nobuo Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11145567
    Abstract: A heat-radiating substrate with a high insulation-withstand voltage and an excellent heat-radiating property is provided. The heat-radiating substrate includes: a metal base material; a metal thin layer formed over the metal base material and having a hardness higher than a hardness of the metal base material; and a ceramic layer over the metal thin layer. Alternatively, the heat-radiating substrate includes, instead of the metal thin layer, a hardened layer serving as a surface layer of the metal base material and having a hardness higher than the hardness of the metal base material. The metal thin layer and the hardened layer are able to enhance compressive stress or prevent release of the compressive stress generated in the ceramic layer by a mechanical impact applied to the ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Hiroki Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20210114364
    Abstract: First brittle material particles; and second brittle material particles having smaller size than the first brittle material particles, wherein a void formed between the first brittle material particles is filled with at least one of the second brittle material particles, at a porosity of less than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Muneyasu SUZUKI, Jun AKEDO, Tetsuo TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20210114337
    Abstract: A laminate comprising a plastic substrate (A); a hardened organic polymer layer (B) provided on a surface of the plastic substrate (A) and having a storage elastic modulus of from 0.01 to 5 GPa and tan ? of from 0.1 to 2.0 at 25° C. which are measured at a temperature elevating rate of 2° C./min by a dynamic viscoelasticity test stipulated in JIS K 7244; an organic/inorganic composite layer (C) provided on a surface of the hardened organic polymer layer (B) and containing covalently bound organic polymer and metal oxide nanoparticles; and an inorganic layer (D) provided on a surface of the organic/inorganic composite layer (C) and comprising secondary particles of ceramic or metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Noda, Jun Akedo, Hideki Goda, Takeshi Fukuda, Haruhisa Togashi
  • Patent number: 10841548
    Abstract: An oscillating mirror element includes a mirror portion, a drive portion that drives the mirror portion, a strain sensor capable of detecting an amount of displacement of the mirror portion, and a base including a mirror beam portion provided with the mirror portion, a sensor beam portion provided with the strain sensor, and a body portion that supports the mirror beam portion and the sensor beam portion and is provided with the drive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fuminori Tanaka, Takeshi Inoda, Ken Nishioka, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20200157690
    Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is that there is no method for forming a dense structure on a porous structure at low cost. In addition, another object is to provide a high quality and inexpensive structure of a brittle material and a laminate thereof as an intermediate layer for facilitating formation of a dense structure on a porous structure. A structure is provided having a brittle particle assembly having a plurality of brittle particles, wherein the brittle particle assemblies are arranged adjacently to each other, and the brittle particles having a brittle material region in the periphery are crosslinked (connected) by the brittle material region to bond the brittle particles to each other, and thereby form a brittle material crosslinked structure region preventing the mobility of the brittle particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Kentaro Shinoda, Takanori Saeki, Masakazu Mori, Jun Akedo
  • Publication number: 20190372159
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium solid state battery having a solid electrolyte membrane with high Li ion conductivity, in which firm interface bonding is formed on both sides of the membrane, comprising steps of: a membrane-forming step of forming CSE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on a cathode active material layer by an AD method and ASE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on an anode active material layer by an AD method, and a pressing step of forming SE1 with the CSE1 and the ASE1 integrated by opposing and pressing the CSE1 and the ASE1, wherein the SE1 such that an interface between the CSE1 and the ASE1 disappeared is formed by improving denseness of the CSE1 and the ASE1 in the pressing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muneyasu SUZUKI, Jun AKEDO, Takashi TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190210914
    Abstract: A layered structure having high adhesive properties, and high hardness or excellent transparency, is prepared on a base material such as a resin. A layered structure including: an organic-inorganic hybrid member containing a primary inorganic particle and an organic polymer covalently bound to each other, wherein the primary inorganic particle forms a network containing the polymer; and a particle aggregate layer containing a secondary particle which is deposited on the organic-inorganic hybrid member and is composed of an inorganic material or a metallic material; wherein in the organic-inorganic hybrid member, the primary inorganic particle and the secondary particle have different crystal particle sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jun AKEDO, Hiroaki NODA, Hiroki TSUDA, Nobuo SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10347929
    Abstract: Realized are a high-performance electrochemical element and solid oxide fuel cell in which the contact properties between a dense and highly-gastight electrolyte layer and an electrode layer are improved while the treatment temperature during formation of the electrolyte layer is suppressed to a low temperature, and methods for producing the same. An electrochemical element includes an electrode layer 3, and an electrolyte layer 4 arranged on the electrode layer 3, wherein the electrode layer 3 has a plurality of pores that are open on a face thereof in contact with the electrolyte layer 4, and the pores are filled with fine particles made of the same components as the electrolyte layer 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Echigo, Hisao Ohnishi, Kyohei Manabe, Osamu Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Minami, Jun Akedo, Toshio Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10212822
    Abstract: Provided are a structure for which ink wettability/spreadability in the width direction of a line drawn on a substrate is limited and a high aspect ratio can be achieved, a manufacturing method for said structure, and a line pattern. The present invention provides a structure comprising: a droplet overlapping solidification layer obtained by droplets sloping and continuously overlapping each other in the direction of movement of a substrate and solidifying, a droplet flow solidified layer obtained by the droplets flowing on the droplet overlapping solidification layer and continuously being solidified without the droplets overlapping, and recesses formed at the boundary region between the droplet overlapping solidification layer and the droplet flow solidified layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Akedo, Akito Endo
  • Patent number: 10197424
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flowmeter capable of increasing the amplitude of, and the receiving sensitivity for, an excited signal is provided. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes two or more ultrasonic transducers on a transmission side and two or more ultrasonic transducers on a receiving side, located as being away from each other on an outer surface of a tube having a fluid flowing therein. The two or more ultrasonic transducers located on the transmission side are driven so as to press the tube at substantially the same pressure to increase an amplitude of an ultrasonic wave. The ultrasonic flowmeter according to the present invention includes adjustment members converting an ultrasonic signal into an ultrasonic signal suitable to measurement between the tube and the ultrasonic transducers. The adjustment members each have a curved surface or a groove at a surface thereof contacting the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ATSUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Harumichi Sato, Jun Akedo, Eiichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10158143
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium solid state battery having a solid electrolyte membrane with high Li ion conductivity, in which firm interface bonding is formed on both sides of the membrane, comprising steps of: a membrane-forming step of forming CSE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on a cathode active material layer by an AD method and ASE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on an anode active material layer by an AD method, and a pressing step of forming SE1 with the CSE1 and the ASE1 integrated by opposing and pressing the CSE1 and the ASE1, wherein the SE1 such that an interface between the CSE1 and the ASE1 disappeared is formed by improving denseness of the CSE1 and the ASE1 in the pressing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muneyasu Suzuki, Jun Akedo, Takashi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20180358281
    Abstract: A heat-radiating substrate with a high insulation-withstand voltage and an excellent heat-radiating property is provided. The heat-radiating substrate includes: a metal base material; a metal thin layer formed over the metal base material and having a hardness higher than a hardness of the metal base material; and a ceramic layer over the metal thin layer. Alternatively, the heat-radiating substrate includes, instead of the metal thin layer, a hardened layer serving as a surface layer of the metal base material and having a hardness higher than the hardness of the metal base material. The metal thin layer and the hardened layer are able to enhance compressive stress or prevent release of the compressive stress generated in the ceramic layer by a mechanical impact applied to the ceramic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jun AKEDO, Hiroki TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20180090785
    Abstract: A method for producing a lithium solid state battery having a solid electrolyte membrane with high Li ion conductivity, in which firm interface bonding is formed on both sides of the membrane, comprising steps of: a membrane-forming step of forming CSE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on a cathode active material layer by an AD method and ASE1 not containing a binder, composed of a sulfide solid electrolyte material, on an anode active material layer by an AD method, and a pressing step of forming SE1 with the CSE1 and the ASE1 integrated by opposing and pressing the CSE1 and the ASE1, wherein the SE1 such that an interface between the CSE1 and the ASE1 disappeared is formed by improving denseness of the CSE1 and the ASE1 in the pressing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muneyasu SUZUKI, Jun AKEDO, Takashi TAKEMOTO