Patents by Inventor Kazuya Minami

Kazuya Minami 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: 20240155962
    Abstract: A tractor includes a hydraulic lifting and lowering driver to lift and lower a three-point linkage, a load detector to swing according to a traction load of an implement, and a mechanical linkage to transmit a swing amount of the load detector to the lifting and lowering driver. The mechanical linkage includes a first linkage on one side in a right-left direction of a vehicle body frame and interlockingly linked with the load detector, a second linkage on the other side in the right-left direction of the vehicle body frame and interlockingly linked with the lifting and lowering driver, and an operation cable interlockingly linking the first linkage and the second linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi SAWAI, Norita TOTTORI, Katsumi YANAGIHARA, Kazuya KIYAMA, Hiroyuki KAWAMURA, Shinichiro MINAMI, Ryo KUMAI, Mami FUJII
  • Patent number: 11983584
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a target region, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire an output condition when outputting the target region, a selection unit configured to select texture data based on the output condition, and an application unit configured to apply, to the target region, the texture data selected by the selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Ogasawara, Hiroyasu Kunieda, Hideki Kubo, Takeru Sasaki, Yoshitaka Minami, Masao Kato
  • Patent number: 11967013
    Abstract: An image processing method of holding a plurality of texture data for applying a metal representation on an image. The method includes acquiring predetermined information concerning at least one of an observation distance as a distance between a print product on which a target region is printed and an observer observing the print product, a sheet on which the target region is printed, or an environment in which the print product is observed, selecting texture data from the plurality of texture data based on the acquired predetermined information, and applying, to the target region, the texture data selected in the selecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Minami, Hiroyasu Kunieda, Hideki Kubo, Takeru Sasaki, Kazuya Ogasawara, Masao Kato
  • Patent number: 11912225
    Abstract: A side airbag device capable of restricting an occupant from moving to the inner side in the vehicle width direction while restraining the head of the occupant is inflatable and deployable in a space beside an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The side airbag device includes an inflator configured to generate a gas and a bag-shaped airbag inflatable and deployable in response to the gas upon activation of the inflator to protect a lateral portion of the occupant. The airbag includes a torso protection portion, and a head protection portion configured to be provided above the torso protection portion and inflatable and deployable between an upper portion of a shoulder of the occupant and a lateral portion of a head of the occupant. The head protection portion is bendable at an acute angle relative to the torso protection portion in an inflated and deployed state of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Yuta Minami, Yoshitaka Okagami, Kazuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230317953
    Abstract: Coated negative electrode active material particles for lithium ion batteries in which at least a part of the surface of negative electrode active material particles is covered with a coating layer containing a polymer compound and a compound (A), the polymer compound is a polymer including (meth)acrylic acid as a constituent monomer, the weight proportion of (meth)acrylic acid in the polymer based on the weight of the polymer is 70 to 95 wt %, and the compound (A) is at least one selected from the group consisting of tetrahydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide, ethylene carbonate and vinylene carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki HORIE, Toshiaki YAMAGUCHI, Hideki NISHIMURA, Kenichi KAWAKITA, Kazuya MINAMI
  • Publication number: 20230107979
    Abstract: An electrode for a lithium-ion battery, comprising a resin current collector; and an electrode active material layer formed on the resin current collector, and containing coated electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of an electrode active material particle is coated with a coating layer including a polymer compound, wherein the resin current collector has a recess on a principal surface that comes into contact with the electrode active material layer, the relationship between the maximum depth (D) of the recess and the D50 particle size (R) of the electrode active material particles satisfies 1.0R?D?6.5R, and the relationship between the length (S) of the shortest part of the length passing through the center of gravity of the recess and the D50 particle size (R) of the electrode active material particles satisfies 1.5R?S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki NISHIMURA, Moe KITABA, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Kazuya MINAMI, Hideaki HORIE
  • Publication number: 20230033163
    Abstract: Coated positive electrode active material particles for a lithium-ion battery includes positive electrode active material particles; and a coating layer that contains a polymer coating compound and a conductive additive and at least partially covers a surface of the positive electrode active material particles, wherein a coverage of the positive electrode active material particles with the coating layer as determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 65% to 96%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo ISOMURA, Yasuhiro TSUDO, Yuya SHIMOMOTO, Kenichi KAWAKITA, Kazuya MINAMI, Shun KUDO, Yuichiro YOKOYAMA, Takahiro IMAISHI, Hideaki HORIE
  • Publication number: 20220407082
    Abstract: A lithium ion battery current collector which is used in a lithium ion battery in contact with an electrode active material at one principal surface, characterized in that the current collector is provided with a surface layer on the principal surface in contact with the electrode active material, and an uneven structure is provided on a surface in which the surface layer is in contact with the electrode active material, the uneven structure is any of a plurality of recesses composed of closed figures as seen from above, a network structure, or a pattern of recesses and protrusions, which is provided in an outermost layer of the surface layer, and a depth of the recess is 10 to 45 ?m, a length of a shortest portion of lengths passing through a centroid of the recess is 30 to 105 ?m, and a proportion of an area of the recess as seen from above is 19% to 61% with respect to an area of a surface of the current collector provided with the recess as seen from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: APB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki NISHIMURA, Yuki NEKOHASHI, Yusuke MIZUNO, Kazuya MINAMI, Moe KITABA, Hideaki HORIE
  • Patent number: 11302915
    Abstract: A negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provides a means for improving output characteristics at a high rate. The negative electrode has a negative electrode active material layer having a thickness of 150 to 1500 ?m formed on a surface of a current collector. In addition, the negative electrode active material layer includes coated negative electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of a negative electrode active material is coated with a coating agent containing a coating resin and a conductive aid. Furthermore, a porosity of the negative electrode active material layer is 39.0% to 60.0% and a density of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.60 to 1.20 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Gentaro Kano, Hideaki Horie, Yuki Kusachi, Yusuke Nakashima, Kazuya Minami
  • Publication number: 20210384497
    Abstract: Provided is a technique capable of further improving the cycle characteristics in a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which a silicon-based negative electrode active material and a carbon-based negative electrode active material are used in combination as a negative electrode active material, and constituent components of the electrode are not bound to each other via a binder. The negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention has a configuration in which a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material is formed on a surface of a current collector. The negative electrode active material contains composite secondary particles in which silicon-based negative electrode active material particles and carbon-based negative electrode active material particles are bound to each other via a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi NAKANO, Atsushi ITO, Wataru OGIHARA, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Kazuya MINAMI, Naofumi SHOJI, Kaho SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11024835
    Abstract: To provide a positive electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and being capable of rapid discharging. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 3.5 to 15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Minami, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
  • Patent number: 10930920
    Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and excellent rapid charging characteristics. A negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the negative electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the negative electrode active material is 3% to 17%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Minami, Yusuke Nakashima, Yasuhiko Ohsawa, Yuki Kusachi, Hajime Satou, Hiroshi Akama, Hideaki Horie
  • Publication number: 20200185706
    Abstract: A positive electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that results in improved output characteristics at a high rate has a positive electrode active material layer having a thickness of 150 to 1500 ?m formed on a surface of a current collector. In addition, the positive electrode active material layer includes coated positive electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of a positive electrode active material is coated with a coating agent containing a coating resin and a conductive aid. Furthermore, a porosity of the positive electrode active material layer is 35.0% to 50.0% and a density of the positive electrode active material layer is 2.10 to 3.00 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Gentaro Kano, Hideaki Horie, Yuki Kusachi, Yusuke Nakashima, Kazuya Minami
  • Publication number: 20200058923
    Abstract: To provide a negative electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and excellent rapid charging characteristics. A negative electrode for a lithium ion battery, the negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the negative electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the negative electrode active material is 3% to 17%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya MINAMI, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Yasuhiko OHSAWA, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hiroshi AKAMA, Hideaki HORIE
  • Publication number: 20200028166
    Abstract: A negative electrode for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery provides a means for improving output characteristics at a high rate. The negative electrode has a negative electrode active material layer having a thickness of 150 to 1500 ?m formed on a surface of a current collector. In addition, the negative electrode active material layer includes coated negative electrode active material particles in which at least a part of a surface of a negative electrode active material is coated with a coating agent containing a coating resin and a conductive aid. Furthermore, a porosity of the negative electrode active material layer is 39.0% to 60.0% and a density of the negative electrode active material layer is 0.60 to 1.20 g/cm3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Gentaro Kano, Hideaki Horie, Yuki Kusachi, Yusuke Nakashima, Kazuya Minami
  • Publication number: 20190267610
    Abstract: To provide a positive electrode for a lithium ion battery having high energy density and being capable of rapid discharging. A positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte including an electrolyte containing lithium ions and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the positive electrode active material layer includes a positive electrode active material and voids, the voids are filled with the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, and a proportion of the battery capacity based on a total amount of lithium ions in the non-aqueous liquid electrolyte existing in the positive electrode active material layer with respect to the battery capacity based on a total amount of the positive electrode active material is 3.5 to 15%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya MINAMI, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Yasuhiko OHSAWA, Yuki KUSACHI, Hajime SATOU, Hiroshi AKAMA, Hideaki HORIE
  • Patent number: 10227496
    Abstract: A composite conductive particle according to the present invention includes a first conductive particle having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m; and a second conductive particle adhering to the surface of the first conductive particle and having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm, and the first conductive particle is composed of a first particle and a first metal coating covering the surface of the first particle, the second conductive particle is composed of a second particle and a second metal coating covering the surface of the second particle, a particle diameter of the first conductive particle is larger than a particle diameter of the second conductive particle, and an adhering rate of the second conductive particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Minami, Hideaki Minamiyama, Kazunori Koike
  • Publication number: 20160333195
    Abstract: A composite conductive particle according to the present invention includes a first conductive particle having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m; and a second conductive particle adhering to the surface of the first conductive particle and having a particle diameter of greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than or equal to 1000 nm, and the first conductive particle is composed of a first particle and a first metal coating covering the surface of the first particle, the second conductive particle is composed of a second particle and a second metal coating covering the surface of the second particle, a particle diameter of the first conductive particle is larger than a particle diameter of the second conductive particle, and an adhering rate of the second conductive particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya MINAMI, Hideaki MINAMIYAMA, Kazunori KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20140339479
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flake-form conductive filler which is easy and low-cost to produce and has a high conductivity. The flake-form conductive filler of the present invention includes a flake-form base material and a silver coating covering the entire surface of the flake-form base material. The flake-form base material contains copper. The flake-form conductive filler has a ratio a/b between a peak intensity “a” derived from a silver (111) plane and a peak intensity “b” derived from a silver (220) plane at 2 or less in the powder X-ray diffraction measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunori Koike, Miki Fujii, Hideaki Minamiyama, Kazuya Minami
  • Patent number: 8641202
    Abstract: A projection display device includes: a light modulator for modulating light from a light source; a polarizer disposed at a position facing the light modulator; a cooling section for allowing an air to flow in a space between the light modulator and the polarizer; and an air deflector for deflecting the air flowing in the space between the light modulator and the polarizer toward the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Okada, Kazuya Minami, Yosuke Nishihata, Yuji Matsuyama