Patents by Inventor Kenji Fukuta

Kenji Fukuta 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).

  • Patent number: 11691592
    Abstract: A CPU of an ECU is configured to compute an estimated acceleration that is estimated to be applied to a vehicle and a remaining time that is taken from present time to acceleration occurrence time at which the estimated acceleration occurs from a road surface condition detected by a road surface condition detection unit and a vehicle status detected by a vehicle speed determination unit and a steering angle velocity determination unit. The CPU is configured to, when the remaining time becomes shorter than or equal to a predetermined value, drive a retractor motor. The webbing is retracted before an occupant moves with an acceleration that is applied to the vehicle, so the occupant is held in a normal seated position. The retractor motor is driven when the time that is taken from present time to acceleration occurrence time becomes shorter than or equal to the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20230166219
    Abstract: A cation-exchange membrane using a polyolefin-based substrate with reduced swelling of an ion-exchange resin and a low electrical resistance is provided. The cation-exchange membrane of the present invention includes a substrate made of polyolefin-based woven fabric, and a sulfonic acid group-containing cation-exchange resin. A portion of the cation-exchange membrane other than the substrate has 23 mass % or more to 35 mass % or less of polyvinyl chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto TAKASHINA, Masayuki KISHINO, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20230119424
    Abstract: An anion-exchange membrane of the present invention includes a substrate made of polyolefin-based woven fabric and an anion-exchange resin, and has an electrical resistance measured using 0.5 M NaCl solution at 25° C. of 1.0 ?•cm2 or more to 2.5 ?•cm2 or less, a bursting strength of 0.7 MPa or more to 1.2 MPa or less, a water permeation rate measured using pressured water at 0.1 MPa of 300 ml/(m2•hr) or less, a thickness of the substrate of 90 µm or more to 160 µm or less, and an open area ratio of the substrate of 35% or more to 55% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki OKAMURA, Masayuki KISHINO, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20230067288
    Abstract: A bipolar membrane in which a cation-exchange membrane and an anion-exchange membrane are joined to each other, wherein a leakage ratio of gluconic acid at 60° C. is not more than 1.0%, and the cation-exchange membrane is supported by a polyolefin reinforcing member and, further, contains a polyvinyl chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: ASTOM Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki KISHINO, Kouta YUZUKI, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Patent number: 11511237
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an ion-exchange resin precursor, the polymerizable composition containing a monomer component and polyethylene particles in an amount of 50 to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the monomer component, wherein the monomer component contains an aromatic monomer for introducing ion-exchange groups and a nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer, the nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer being present in an amount of 10 to 35% by mass in said monomer component. An ion-exchange membrane is produced by applying the polymerizable composition onto a polyolefin type filament base material and polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form an ion-exchange resin precursor and, thereafter, introducing ion-exchange groups into the precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Kinoshita, Masayuki Kishino, Shunichiro Nakatsukasa, Kenji Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11407379
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system is configured to, when a vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a vehicle speed threshold, a steering angle velocity is higher than or equal to a steering angle velocity threshold set for each vehicle speed, and an estimated lateral acceleration is higher than or equal to an acceleration threshold, drive a retractor motor. The steering angle velocity threshold is as a condition to drive the retractor motor. Therefore, by setting an appropriate steering angle velocity threshold according to an amount of movement of an occupant with inertia in a vehicle width direction, the vehicle occupant restraint system is able to take up a webbing when the occupant is estimated to move with inertia by a relatively large amount in the vehicle width direction. The amount of movement with inertia varies for each vehicle speed even at the same steering angle velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20220195611
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a solid polymer membrane electrode capable of obtaining electrolyzed hydrogen water in which an increase of the pH is suppressed and which has a sufficient dissolved-hydrogen amount. The present invention is concerned with a solid polymer membrane electrode for generating electrolyzed water, wherein the solid polymer membrane electrode includes a solid polymer membrane and catalyst layers containing a platinum group metal and provided on the back and front of the solid polymer membrane; and the solid polymer membrane is a hydrocarbon-based cation exchange membrane and has an ion exchange capacity per unit area of 0.002 mmol/cm2 or more and 0.030 mmol/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yuhei YAMAUCHI, Daiji AMENOMORI, Kenji FUKUTA, Kiyotaka YOSHIE, Isao MATSUOKA, Tasuku ARIMOTO, Tetsuya UEDA, Junichi IMAI, Tomokazu SATOH
  • Patent number: 11198414
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system for a vehicle includes: a seat belt device configured w restrain an occupant seated on a vehicular seat with a webbing, in which one end of the webbing is wound around a winding device and the other end is fixed to one of the vehicular seat and a vehicle body, and the seat belt device is configured so that a motor provided in the winding device is driven to wind the webbing; and an electronic control unit configured to drive the motor so that a prescribed amount of the webbing is wound, when a first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Nezaki, Motoki Sugiyama, Fumihito Komeno, Makoto Matsuzaki, Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20210187446
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an ion-exchange resin precursor, the polymerizable composition containing a monomer component and polyethylene particles in an amount of 50 to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the monomer component, wherein the monomer component contains an aromatic monomer for introducing ion-exchange groups and a nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer, the nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer being present in an amount of 10 to 35% by mass in said monomer component. An ion-exchange membrane is produced by applying the polymerizable composition onto a polyolefin type filament base material and polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form an ion-exchange resin precursor and, thereafter, introducing ion-exchange groups into the precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: ASTOM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki KINOSHITA, Masayuki KISHINO, Shunichiro NAKATSUKASA, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20210107429
    Abstract: A CPU of an ECU is configured to compute an estimated acceleration that is estimated to be applied to a vehicle and a remaining time that is taken from present time to acceleration occurrence time at which the estimated acceleration occurs from a road surface condition detected by a road surface condition detection unit and a vehicle status detected by a vehicle speed determination unit and a steering angle velocity determination unit. The CPU is configured to, when the remaining time becomes shorter than or equal to a predetermined value, drive a retractor motor. The webbing is retracted before an occupant moves with an acceleration that is applied to the vehicle, so the occupant is held in a normal seated position. The retractor motor is driven when the time that is taken from present time to acceleration occurrence time becomes shorter than or equal to the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10974209
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an ion-exchange resin precursor, the polymerizable composition containing a monomer component and polyethylene particles in an amount of 50 to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the monomer component, wherein the monomer component contains an aromatic monomer for introducing ion-exchange groups and a nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer, the nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer being present in an amount of 10 to 35% by mass in said monomer component. An ion-exchange membrane is produced by applying the polymerizable composition onto a polyolefin type filament base material and polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form an ion-exchange resin precursor and, thereafter, introducing ion-exchange groups into the precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Kinoshita, Masayuki Kishino, Shunichiro Nakatsukasa, Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20210101561
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system is configured to, when a vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a vehicle speed threshold, a steering angle velocity is higher than or equal to a steering angle velocity threshold set for each vehicle speed, and an estimated lateral acceleration is higher than or equal to an acceleration threshold, drive a retractor motor. The steering angle velocity threshold is as a condition to drive the retractor motor. Therefore, by setting an appropriate steering angle velocity threshold according to an amount of movement of an occupant with inertia in a vehicle width direction, the vehicle occupant restraint system is able to take up a webbing when the occupant is estimated to move with inertia by a relatively large amount in the vehicle width direction. The amount of movement with inertia varies for each vehicle speed even at the same steering angle velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenji Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10971095
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes source lines and gate lines, pixel electrodes, switching elements, a source driver, a gate driver, and a failure inspection circuit. The source lines and the gate lines are disposed in a lattice form. The pixel electrode is disposed in a pixel region defined by the source line and the gate line. The switching element is disposed corresponding to the pixel electrode. The source driver drives the source lines. The gate driver drives the gate lines. The failure inspection circuit is connected to the source lines or the gate lines, and performs inspection of the source lines or the gate lines. The failure inspection circuit includes monitor input signal lines, monitor output signal lines, a determination circuit that detects voltage levels of output signals from the monitor output signal lines, and an expected value comparison circuit that compares outputs from the determination circuit with expected values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD., PANASONIC SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Suzuki, Akihiro Yoshizawa, Hideki Nozaki, Satoshi Endou, Kenji Fukuta, Hiroaki Goto
  • Publication number: 20210008499
    Abstract: A bipolar membrane BP characterized in that particles 5 of a basic metal chloride are distributed in the interface between a cation-exchange membrane 1 and an anion-exchange membrane 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru KAWASHIMA, Kenji FUKUTA
  • Publication number: 20200114866
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system for a vehicle includes: a seat belt device configured w restrain an occupant seated on a vehicular seat with a webbing, in which one end of the webbing is wound around a winding device and the other end is fixed to one of the vehicular seat and a vehicle body, and the seat belt device is configured so that a motor provided in the winding device is driven to wind the webbing; and an electronic control unit configured to drive the motor so that a prescribed amount of the webbing is wound, when a first condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Nezaki, Motoki Sugiyama, Fumihito Komeno, Makoto Matsuzaki, Kenji Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10583430
    Abstract: An ion exchange membrane having a structure that an ion exchange resin is filled in spaces of a porous base film, the porous base film has a structure that at least two porous olefin resin layers are laminated with a bonding strength of 100 gf/cm or more to less than 700 gf/cm and a Gurley air permeance of 500 sec/100 ml or less in terms of a 100 ?m thick film. In this ion exchange membrane, base film has high air permeability though it has a multi-layer structure that a plurality of porous resin films are bonded together, and therefore a rise in electric resistance caused by the lamination of the base sheets is effectively suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ASTOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Takahashi, Hiroshi Miyazawa, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Nobuhiko Ohmura, Kazuo Mizuguchi, Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20200048781
    Abstract: A problem of the present invention is to provide a solid polymer membrane electrode capable of obtaining electrolyzed hydrogen water in which an increase of the pH is suppressed and which has a sufficient dissolved-hydrogen amount. The present invention is concerned with a solid polymer membrane electrode for generating electrolyzed water, wherein the solid polymer membrane electrode includes a solid polymer membrane and catalyst layers containing a platinum group metal and provided on the back and front of the solid polymer membrane; and the solid polymer membrane is a hydrocarbon-based cation exchange membrane and has an ion exchange capacity per unit area of 0.002 mmol/cm2 or more and 0.030 mol/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yuhei YAMAUCHI, Daiji AMENOMORI, Kenji FUKUTA, Kiyotaka YOSHIE, Isao MATSUOKA, Tasuku ARIMOTO, Tetsuya UEDA, Junichi IMAI, Tomokazu SATOH
  • Patent number: 10525931
    Abstract: A serrated portion is formed on an outer peripheral portion of a lock base body of a lock base of a webbing take-up device. Furthermore, a flange portion is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the lock base body. The flange portion is disposed on a vehicle front side with respect to the serrated portion. Triangular grooves of the serrated portion are closed by the flange portion. When the lock base becomes displaced in a vehicle rearward direction and the flange portion comes into abutting contact with a leg plate of a frame, further displacement of the lock base in the vehicle rearward direction is blocked. Due to this, engagement between the serrated portion and ratchet teeth of a ratchet hole in the leg plate can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shinji Sato, Kenji Fukuta
  • Publication number: 20190279585
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes source lines and gate lines, pixel electrodes, switching elements, a source driver, a gate driver, and a failure inspection circuit. The source lines and the gate lines are disposed in a lattice form. The pixel electrode is disposed in a pixel region defined by the source line and the gate line. The switching element is disposed corresponding to the pixel electrode. The source driver drives the source lines. The gate driver drives the gate lines. The failure inspection circuit is connected to the source lines or the gate lines, and performs inspection of the source lines or the gate lines. The failure inspection circuit includes monitor input signal lines, monitor output signal lines, a determination circuit that detects voltage levels of output signals from the monitor output signal lines, and an expected value comparison circuit that compares outputs from the determination circuit with expected values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicants: Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun SUZUKI, Akihiro YOSHIZAWA, Hideki NOZAKI, Satoshi ENDOU, Kenji FUKUTA, Hiroaki GOTO
  • Publication number: 20190176098
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition for forming an ion-exchange resin precursor, the polymerizable composition containing a monomer component and polyethylene particles in an amount of 50 to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the monomer component, wherein the monomer component contains an aromatic monomer for introducing ion-exchange groups and a nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer, the nitrogen-containing aliphatic monomer being present in an amount of 10 to 35% by mass in said monomer component. An ion-exchange membrane is produced by applying the polymerizable composition onto a polyolefin type filament base material and polymerizing the polymerizable composition to form an ion-exchange resin precursor and, thereafter, introducing ion-exchange groups into the precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: ASTOM Corporation
    Inventors: Maki KINOSHITA, Masayuki KISHINO, Shunichiro NAKATSUKASA, Kenji FUKUTA