Patents by Inventor Kenichi Ikeda
Kenichi Ikeda 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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Patent number: 11985792Abstract: An enclosure of an electronic computing apparatus allows two electronic computing modules, each having a built-in fan, to be mounted in a perpendicular direction, when the two electronic computing modules are inserted, a shutter is at an intermediate position due to an elastic force of pushing a spring cover in a front surface direction, from push rods corresponding to the two electronic computing modules, and when one of the electronic computing modules is removed, the elastic force of pushing the cover from the push rod on the removal is lost, and the shutter moves, around a rotating mechanism, to a side of a housing space on the removal side and shuts off a flow path in the housing space.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Sho Ikeda, Osamu Kamimura, Kenichi Miyamoto, Akihiro Adachi
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Patent number: 11958101Abstract: A method for manufacturing a forged article, capable of improving the durability of a die for forging is provided. The method, includes forging a steel material, by using a die, by spraying or applying a water-soluble polymer lubricant containing 0.01 to 0.98 mass % of a water-soluble sulfate onto a working surface of the die, the die being made of a raw material having a constituent composition of by mass %, of 0.4 to 0.7% of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.0% or less of Mn, 4.0 to 6.0% of Cr, 2.0 to 4.0% of (Mo+½W), 0.5 to 2.5% of (V+Nb), 0 to 1.0% of Ni, 0 to 5.0% of Co, 0.02% or less of N, and a remnant composed of Fe and impurities, and having hardness of 55 to 60 HRC, and the die including a nitrided layer or a nitrosulfidized layer on the working surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: PROTERIAL, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIDO CHEMICAL CO., LTD., UMETOKU CO., LTDInventors: Tatsuya Shouji, Shuho Koseki, Kenichi Inoue, Katsuhiro Obata, Satoshi Murakami, Naoki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Toshifumi Miyamoto, Toru Otomo, Nobuhiro Ikeda, Kousuke Uda, Takashi Ogisu
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Publication number: 20240091755Abstract: In a photocatalyst which is obtained by adding a co-catalyst to semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate and which causes a water decomposition reaction in which water molecules are decomposed into oxygen molecules and hydrogen molecules according to light emission, the semiconductor particles are doped with barium or additionally with scandium. A method of synthesizing a semiconductor for the photocatalyst includes a process of synthesizing semiconductor particles containing strontium titanate doped with barium by mixing barium titanate or additionally with scandium oxide into strontium chloride or mixing strontium titanate or additionally scandium oxide into strontium chloride and barium chloride and performing firing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Taizo MASUDA, Ryota TOMIZAWA, Kenichi OKUMURA, Tatsuya HASEGAWA, Shigeru IKEDA
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Publication number: 20240099070Abstract: A high-definition or high-resolution display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a first light-emitting device, and a second light-emitting device. The top surfaces of the first insulating layer, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer are level or substantially level with one another. The first light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode, a first light-emitting layer, and a common electrode over the first conductive layer. The second light-emitting device includes a second pixel electrode, a second light-emitting layer, and the common electrode over the second conductive layer. The second insulating layer covers a side surface of each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, the first light-emitting layer, and the second light-emitting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Takayuki IKEDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Shunpei YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20240097813Abstract: In order to deal with suspicious aircraft, which are unmanned aircraft that are not authorized to fly in a surveillance airspace, while preventing adverse effects on authorized aircraft, which are unmanned aircraft that are authorized to fly in the surveillance airspace, this device for dealing with suspicious aircraft includes a detection unit and an instruction unit. The detection unit detects the intrusion of a suspicious aircraft into the surveillance airspace. When the intrusion of a suspicious aircraft into the surveillance airspace is detected, the instruction unit outputs an evacuation command to evacuate the authorized aircraft from an area where the suspicious aircraft is dealt with, containing the suspicious aircraft. The instruction unit also outputs a command to deal with the suspicious aircraft in the surveillance airspace after the authorized aircraft has evacuated from the area where the suspicious aircraft is dealt with.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Tomoyuki Muto, Shobei IKEDA, Kenichi KEYAKI
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Publication number: 20240090291Abstract: A multifunctional display apparatus with high resolution is provided. The display apparatus includes a first pixel; the first pixel includes a first light-emitting device, a second light-emitting device, and a first light-receiving device; the first light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting layer; the second light-emitting device includes a second light-emitting layer; the second light-emitting device has a function of emitting white light; the first light-emitting device has a function of emitting visible light of a color different from that of the second light-emitting device; the first light-receiving device has a function of sensing light emitted from the first light-emitting device; a side surface of the first light-emitting layer faces a side surface of the second light-emitting layer; and the distance between the side surface of the first light-emitting layer and the side surface of the second light-emitting layer is less than or equal to 8 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takayuki IKEDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Koji KUSUNOKI
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Publication number: 20240090253Abstract: A high-resolution display device is provided. A display device having both high display quality and high resolution is provided. The display device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element. The first light-emitting element includes a first pixel electrode, a first EL layer, and a common electrode. The second light-emitting element includes a second pixel electrode, a second EL layer, and the common electrode. An insulating layer containing an inorganic insulating material is provided between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The insulating layer includes a first region overlapping with the first EL layer, a second region overlapping with the second EL layer, and a third region positioned between the first region and the second region. A side surface of the first EL layer and a side surface of the second EL layer are positioned over the insulating layer to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Shunpei YAMAZAKI, Takayuki IKEDA, Kenichi OKAZAKI, Yasumasa YAMANE
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Publication number: 20240084715Abstract: A turbine includes a turbine wheel, a housing having a flow path for a gas, a variable geometry device to guide the gas from the flow path to the turbine wheel, and a biasing member. The variable geometry device includes one or more nozzle vane member, each having a nozzle vane, a nozzle shaft and a nozzle link plate. The biasing member is in contact with the nozzle link plate of the nozzle vane member, to urge the nozzle vane member against a contact surface of the turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Kenichi SEGAWA, Hayato SHIBAYAMA, Takao ASAKAWA, Kengo IKEDA, Naotoshi SHIMIZU, Taiki YOSHIZAKI, Ryosuke MIYAO
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Publication number: 20240072241Abstract: An electrode for a battery includes a laminate including an active material layer and a current collector, and a sealing portion covering an end portion surface of the laminate. The laminate includes two principal faces facing each other, and an end face. The end portion surface includes the end face, and an adjacent face on each of the two principal faces. The adjacent face includes one or more asperities. The sealing portion includes a first sealing portion covering the end face, and a second sealing portion covering at least part of the adjacent face. The second sealing portion is present in one or more recessed portions of the one or more asperities of the adjacent face and does not include a portion higher than a height position of the one or more asperities that is highest. The first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIK KAISHAInventors: Kenichi KAKISHITA, Yusuke IKEDA
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Publication number: 20240069124Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a magneto-optical material capable of exhibiting the Faraday effect even though no magnetic field is applied. The magneto-optical material of the present invention has a nanogranular structure in which magnetic nanoparticles are dispersed in a fluoride matrix, and can exhibit Faraday properties without requiring the application of a magnetic field because the magnetic nanoparticles are configured by a magnetic material that has residual magnetization and consists of any of a Fe—Pt alloy, a Co—Pt alloy, a Fe—Co—Ni—Al alloy, a Co ferrite, or a Ba ferrite.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Nobukiyo KOBAYASHI, Tadayoshi IWASA, Kenji IKEDA, KenIchi ARAI
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Patent number: 10747333Abstract: A non-limiting example cover includes a first cover portion that is provided with a plurality of operation buttons. Each of key tops of the plurality of operation buttons is constituted by a key top portion, an actuator and a conductive member. A connection portion of a conductive sheet is provided between the key top portion and the actuator, and the connection portion is connected, via a coupling portion, to a body portion that is provided on an outside of an area arranged with the key tops. The connection portion is connected to a protrusion provided on a lower side of the key top. Resin plating is applied to the protrusion, and when the key top is depressed and thus a portion of the key top portion where the protrusion is provided is brought into contact to the conductive member, the conductive member and the conductive sheet are electrically connected to each other via the resin plating.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Ikeda, Kazuhiro Maruyama, Kochi Kawai
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Publication number: 20180361231Abstract: A non-limiting example portable apparatus comprises a housing, and the housing includes an accommodation member and a lid. A coupling member is provided with a main body and two protruding portions formed on a side surface of the main body, and is rotatably secured to the housing within a plane parallel to a rear surface of the housing (lid). Moreover, a ring-like member is formed of material capable of deforming more easily elastically than the housing and the coupling member, and has a shape that a part of a ring-like frame is cut out. Engaging portions are provided in end portions of the ring-like member, and the engaging portions are engaged with the protruding portions of the coupling member. Therefore, the ring-like member is joined to the coupling member rotatably in a direction that the ring-like member is tilted (opened) to the rear surface of the housing. A user holds or wears the portable apparatus by passing a finger through the ring-like member to use it.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Kenichi IKEDA, Kazuhiro MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20180275769Abstract: A non-limiting example cover includes a first cover portion that is provided with a plurality of operation buttons. Each of key tops of the plurality of operation buttons is constituted by a key top portion, an actuator and a conductive member. A connection portion of a conductive sheet is provided between the key top portion and the actuator, and the connection portion is connected, via a coupling portion, to a body portion that is provided on an outside of an area arranged with the key tops. The connection portion is connected to a protrusion provided on a lower side of the key top. Resin plating is applied to the protrusion, and when the key top is depressed and thus a portion of the key top portion where the protrusion is provided is brought into contact to the conductive member, the conductive member and the conductive sheet are electrically connected to each other via the resin plating.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Kenichi IKEDA, Kazuhiro MARUYAMA, Kochi KAWAI
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Patent number: 9966692Abstract: A water-resistant electronic component including a body, a protectable part, a sealing sheet, and a cover. The body includes a water-resisting wall of loop shape. The water-resisting wall extends in a first direction. The protectable part includes at least part of a functional part of the water-resistant electronic component and is located within the water-resisting wall of the body. The sealing sheet includes a perimeter portion. The sealing sheet covers the protectable part from one side in the first direction, with the perimeter portion abutting the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction. The cover is fixed to the body such as to cover the sealing sheet and the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: Hosiden Corporation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Yamachika, Hideaki Taketsu, Kumpei Fujita, Hiroki Ikuta, Shinji Hirose, Kenichi Ikeda, Hideki Arita, Yusuke Murakami, Hiroaki Okada
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Publication number: 20170294736Abstract: A water-resistant electronic component including a body, a protectable part, a sealing sheet, and a cover. The body includes a water-resisting wall of loop shape. The water-resisting wall extends in a first direction. The protectable part includes at least part of a functional part of the water-resistant electronic component and is located within the water-resisting wall of the body. The sealing sheet includes a perimeter portion. The sealing sheet covers the protectable part from one side in the first direction, with the perimeter portion abutting the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction. The cover is fixed to the body such as to cover the sealing sheet and the water-resisting wall from the one side in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Naoki YAMACHIKA, Hideaki TAKETSU, Kumpei FUJITA, Hiroki IKUTA, Shinji HIROSE, Kenichi IKEDA, Hideki ARITA, Yusuke MURAKAMI, Hiroaki OKADA
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Patent number: 8684647Abstract: An operating member mounting structure includes a mounting plate having an inner edge defining a mounting hole, and an operating member includes a keytop and a flange which are coupled to each other by a shaft, and the flange is formed with a slit. The diameter of the flange is larger than that of the mounting hole. When the operating member is rotated and pressed down in a state that the slit receives the inner edge of the mounting hole, the flange passes over the inner edge of the mounting hole to be fully brought beneath the mounting plate. An operating shaft of an operated device is inserted into an insertion hole opened on the surface of the flange. By operating the keytop exposed from the top surface of the mounting plate, the operated device can be operated through the operating shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Taniguchi, Kumpei Fujita, Kenichi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8419955Abstract: An antireflection structure that can be formed in a desired shape, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An antireflection structure 100 includes a resin layer 200 formed in a desired shape, and inorganic material fine particles 201 dispersed inside the resin layer. A plurality of fine concaves 202 having an average inner diameter shorter than or equal to the minimum wavelength of light whose reflection should be suppressed are formed at the surface of the antireflection structure 100, thereby reducing the equivalent refractive index at the surface of the resin layer 200. The fine concaves 202 are formed by, after forming a composite material in which the nanosized inorganic material fine particles 201 are dispersed in the resin layer, dissolving the inorganic material fine particles 201 dispersed at the surface of the resin layer 200, using a solvent that dissolves only the inorganic material fine particles 201.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Yoshiharu Yamamoto, Kenichi Ikeda, Yoshiki Hayashida
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Patent number: 8224522Abstract: A driving operation support device for a vehicle is provided herein. One exemplary driving operation support device includes a road sensor for acquiring information regarding a section of road ahead of a vehicle over which the vehicle is traveling. The driving operation support device may also include a controller for determining whether the section of road is passable for the vehicle based on the information acquired by the road sensor. The driving operation support device may further include a display provided between the section of road and a driver of the vehicle. The controller may display a guidance element on the display at a position overlapped with the section of the road as seen from the perspective of the driver, such that the guidance element indicates whether the road is passable based on the determination of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ikeda, Hiroshi Ohmura, Seiji Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Hiroko Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20110304246Abstract: An operating member mounting structure includes a mounting plate having an inner edge defining a mounting hole, and an operating member includes a keytop and a flange which are coupled to each other by a shaft, and the flange is formed with a slit. The diameter of the flange is larger than that of the mounting hole. When the operating member is rotated and pressed down in a state that the slit receives the inner edge of the mounting hole, the flange passes over the inner edge of the mounting hole to be fully brought beneath the mounting plate. An operating shaft of an operated device is inserted into an insertion hole opened on the surface of the flange. By operating the keytop exposed from the top surface of the mounting plate, the operated device can be operated through the operating shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki TANIGUCHI, Kumpei Fujita, Kenichi Ikeda
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Publication number: 20100178462Abstract: An antireflection structure that can be formed in a desired shape, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An antireflection structure 100 includes a resin layer 200 formed in a desired shape, and inorganic material fine particles 201 dispersed inside the resin layer. A plurality of fine concaves 202 having an average inner diameter shorter than or equal to the minimum wavelength of light whose reflection should be suppressed are formed at the surface of the antireflection structure 100, thereby reducing the equivalent refractive index at the surface of the resin layer 200. The fine concaves 202 are formed by, after forming a composite material in which the nanosized inorganic material fine particles 201 are dispersed in the resin layer, dissolving the inorganic material fine particles 201 dispersed at the surface of the resin layer 200, using a solvent that dissolves only the inorganic material fine particles 201.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiharu YAMAMOTO, Kenichi IKEDA, Yoshiki HAYASHIDA