Patents by Inventor Kenji Kobayashi

Kenji Kobayashi 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: 20240141249
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition may be used for lubrication of a shock absorber. The composition may include a base oil (A), a zinc dithiophosphate (B), and an alkenylsuccinic imide (C). The lubricating oil composition can be more preferably applied to lubrication of a shock absorber. Based on the total lubricating oil composition mass, a content of the component (C) in terms of nitrogen atoms is in a range of from 0.001 to 0.09 mass %, and/or a content of the component (B) in terms of zinc atoms is in a range of from 0.005 to 1.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240142610
    Abstract: An exploration method according to the present disclosure includes: a step (S11) of disposing, in a pipeline (PL) that allows a plurality of manholes (MH) to be interconnected, an electromagnetic wave receiving/transmitting device (1) that transmits an electromagnetic wave and receives a reflected electromagnetic wave that is a reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; a step (S13) of transmitting the electromagnetic wave; a step (S14) of receiving the reflected electromagnetic wave that is the reflected wave of the electromagnetic wave; and a step (S18) of calculating an intensity distribution of the reflected electromagnetic wave on the basis of an intensity of the reflected electromagnetic wave and a round-trip propagation time from when the electromagnetic wave is transmitted to when the reflected electromagnetic wave is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisaku NISHIYAMA, Kenji HIYOSHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Mizuki TABATA
  • Patent number: 11971479
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor is provided with an ultrasonic element that converts between an electrical signal and an ultrasonic vibration and an element accommodating case having a bottomed cylindrical shape and accommodating the ultrasonic element inside thereof. The element accommodating case includes a side plate portion formed in a cylindrical shape that surrounds a directional center axis, and a bottom plate portion that closes one end side of the side plate portion in an axial direction which is parallel to the directional center axis. The ultrasonic element is attached to the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion includes at least one protrusion. The protrusions vibrate together with the bottom plate portion when the bottom plate portion vibrates as an ultrasonic vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Satake, Youhei Suzuki, Kensuke Kobayashi, Dai Kondo, Syoya Ishida, Yudai Yamamoto, Kenji Fukabori
  • Patent number: 11973386
    Abstract: Since the shape of the insulating paper is complicated, a forming and bending step of the insulating paper is required, and further there is a step of inserting the insulating paper in the middle of coil forming, which causes a problem of damaging the insulating paper. A fitting state of an insulating paper 201 into the inter-coil gap has an annular taper shape in which a diameter dimension D1 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a coil end tip side is long, and a diameter dimension d2 of an annular opening of the insulating paper 201 on a stator end face side on the opposite side is short. The insulating paper 201 is made to follow the tapered shape of the inter-coil gap 140 between an inner peripheral coil 120 and an outer peripheral coil 130, and the insulating paper 201 is fitted in a state inclined from the coil end tip side to the stator end face side with respect to an axial direction of the stator 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nakayama, Ryoji Kobayashi, Yuichiro Baba
  • Publication number: 20240100610
    Abstract: In this cutting insert, two cutting edges respectively including arc-shaped cutting edge parts extending in an arc shape in a plan view and linear cutting edge parts are provided in an intersection ridge line part between a rake face and a flank face. The cutting edges include a convex curved part moving away from a seating face and then moving close to the seating face as at least the arc-shaped cutting edge part moves away from the linear cutting edge parts. In a side view, the arc-shaped cutting edge parts include curvature change points between most protruding points farthest from the seating face and cutting edge tips of the arc-shaped cutting edge parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MOLDINO TOOL ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagafuchi, Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11941003
    Abstract: A processor receives a search query for graph data representing a graph including nodes and edges, the search query specifying a search criterion. The processor determines whether a value of a first property associated with a first node matches the search criterion. The processor predicts whether a value of a second property associated with a second node matches the search criterion, in accordance with a result of the determining and a constraint rule between the first node and the second node. The processor generates a search result for the search query in accordance with the result of the determining and a result of the predicting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240096651
    Abstract: First and second concentration measurement parts (415, 425) are provided in first and second supply liquid lines (412, 422) in which first and second supply liquids flow, respectively. A dissolved concentration of gas in the second supply liquid is lower than that in the first supply liquid. In the first and second supply liquid lines, respective one ends of first and second branch lines (51, 52) are connected to respective positions on the upstream side of the concentration measurement parts. The other ends of the first and second branch lines are connected to a mixing part (57), and by mixing the first and second supply liquids, a processing liquid is generated. Respective flow rate adjustment parts (58) of the first and second branch lines are controlled on the basis of respective measured values of the first and second concentration measurement parts so that the dissolved concentration of the gas in the processing liquid can become a set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shuichi YASUDA, Kenji KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240088688
    Abstract: A storage battery management device according to one embodiment includes a hardware processor that causes a display device to display first remaining life information and second remaining life information. The first remaining life information indicates current remaining life of a storage battery system. The first remaining life information is calculated on the basis of a state of health (SOH) of each of multiple storage battery modules constituting the storage battery system. The second remaining life information indicates remaining life of the storage battery system and corresponds to a case where one or more of the multiple storage battery modules are replaced with one or more other storage battery modules. The second remaining life information is calculated on the basis of an SOH of each storage battery module not being replaced and an SOH of each of the one or more other storage battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto IDE, Mami MIZUTANI, Yukitaka MONDEN, Masako KIUCHI, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KASE, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20240086636
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a keyword detection device includes a memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to: detect a phrase related to a keyword from text information that is a recognition result of input information represented in a predetermined input form; calculate output similarities conforming to similarities between the phrase and the keywords included in a keyword list in which, for each of a plurality of the keywords, keyword notation of the corresponding keyword is associated with keyword form information representing the corresponding keyword in an input form; and output the keywords in the keyword list according to the output similarities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuka KOBAYASHI, Takami YOSHIDA, Kenji IWATA, Tsuyoshi KUSHIMA, Hisayoshi NAGAE, Nayuko WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240079167
    Abstract: A soft magnetic material according to an aspect of the present invention includes a powder-particle substance having a particle size frequency distribution having a plurality of peak tops. The powder-particle substance is an aggregate of composite particles containing a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles and includes a medium powder-particle substance in which the composite particles have a particle size of 45 ?m or more and less than 300 ?m, and the medium powder-particle substance has an average circularity of 0.7 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji YOSHIDA, Seiichi ABIKO, Shigeru KOBAYASHI, Hisato KOSHIBA, Kazuya OMINATO
  • Publication number: 20240072558
    Abstract: A storage battery management device according to one embodiment includes a hardware processor functioning as an acquisition unit, a calculation unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires, as current operation state data of a storage battery system including a plurality of storage batteries, charge/discharge power, a cell voltage, a charge/discharge current, and a temperature of a battery board of the storage battery system. The calculation unit calculates, by using a digital model for simulating operation of the storage battery system, a chargeable/dischargeable capacity, a State of Charge (SOC) level change amount, and an SOC maintainable charge/discharge amount being a charge/discharge amount maintaining an SOC level within a predetermined range. The display control unit causes a display unit to display the chargeable/dischargeable capacity, the SOC level change amount, and the SOC maintainable charge/discharge amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SASAKI, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Yoshihisa SUMIDA, Koji TOBA
  • Publication number: 20240069124
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Nobukiyo KOBAYASHI, Tadayoshi IWASA, Kenji IKEDA, KenIchi ARAI
  • Publication number: 20240068080
    Abstract: A hot-stamped product with improved delayed-fracture resistance is provided. The hot-stamped product 1 includes: a steel substrate 10; and an Al film 20 formed on the steel substrate 10, the Al film 20 including: an interface layer 21 located at the interface with the steel substrate 10 and with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si; an intermediate layer 22 formed on the interface layer 21; and an oxide layer formed on the intermediate layer, the intermediate layer 22 including an Fe—Al—Si phase 22a with part of the ?Fe substituted by Al and Si, the Fe—Al—Si phase 22a including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ce, Y, Ta, Ni, Cu, Nb, Cr, Co, V and Ti, the oxide layer 23 including one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Sc and Zn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi DOI, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Naomi INATOMI, Yuki SUZUKI, Soshi FUJITA, Masahiro FUDA
  • Publication number: 20240069106
    Abstract: A storage battery management device includes an acquisition unit, a selection unit, an estimation unit, and a display control unit. The acquisition unit acquires a battery characteristic and an operation condition of a storage battery device. The selection unit selects data values from a data value group of a data item in which variation in data value is caused out of data items included in the battery characteristic and the acquired operation condition. The estimation unit estimates, for each of the selected data values, a battery characteristic after operation corresponding to a case where the storage battery device is operated under the operation condition. The battery characteristic is estimated on the basis of the battery characteristic and the operation condition acquired by the acquisition unit. The display control unit displays the battery characteristic estimated by the estimation unit in a comparable state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka MONDEN, Makoto IDE, Masako KIUCHI, Mami MIZUTANI, Kenji MITSUMOTO, Takahiro KASE, Takenori KOBAYASHI, Yoshihisa SUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20240044476
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Koichi YAMAMOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Yasuhiro NISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11881417
    Abstract: First and second concentration measurements are provided in lines for first and second supply liquid lines. A dissolved concentration of gas in the second supply liquid is lower than that in the first supply liquid. In the first and second lines, first ends of branch lines are connected upstream of the concentration measurements. The second ends of the branch lines are connected to a mixing part. By mixing the first and second supply liquids, a processing liquid is generated. Respective flow rates in the branch lines are based on the first and second concentration measurements to set the dissolved concentration of the gas in the processing liquid. Thus, particles or the like can be removed from the processing liquid to be supplied to a substrate, and the dissolved concentration of the gas in the processing liquid can be set with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shuichi Yasuda, Kenji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230405664
    Abstract: A rebar tying tool may be configured to tie rebars with a wire. The rebar tying tool may include: a first cutter; and a second cutter configured to cut the wire by moving relative to the first cutter. The second cutter may include: a cutting part configured to contact and cut the wire; a first connecting part connected to a first portion of the cutting part; and a second connecting part connected to a second portion of the cutting part, the second portion being different from the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki MURAI, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Yuta ASAKURA, DucThuan TRAN
  • Publication number: 20230406558
    Abstract: A rebar tying tool may be configured to tie rebars with a wire. The rebar tying tool may include: a contact member configured to contact the wire during a tying operation in which the rebar tying tool ties the rebars with the wire. The contact member may include: a base; and a surface layer covering at least a part of a surface of the base and configured to contact the wire during the tying operation. Hardness of the surface layer may be higher than hardness of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki MATSUSHIMA, Natsumi NOTO, Kenji KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230385633
    Abstract: A training data generation device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes classifying, based on a feature value, each of a first plural number of training data having a first attribute and each of a second plural number of training data having a second attribute; based on a comparison of a number of training data classified in a first group against a number of training data classified in a second group from among the first plurality of training data, selecting a third plurality of training data from training data classified in a third group and training data classified in a fourth group from among the second plurality of training data, the third group corresponding to the first group, the fourth group corresponding to the second group; and converting each of the third plurality of training data into a fourth plurality of training data having the first attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Kenji KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11810795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus. All treating units are each arranged such that a treatment chamber, a chemical piping space, and an exhaust chamber are located side by side along a transportation space, the chemical piping space is located on a first side of the treatment chamber, and the exhaust chamber faces the chemical piping space across the treatment chamber when seen from the transportation space. The exhaust chamber faces the chemical piping space across the treatment chamber, leading to prevention of obstruction of a passage for passing a pipe, configured to supply a chemical to a substrate held by a holding rotator, by an exhaust pipe. Moreover, a single type of treating units is enough for the substrate treating apparatus instead of two types of treating units currently used. This results in sharing of components by all the treating units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Sawashima, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Kenji Kobayashi