Patents by Inventor Kenji Kojima

Kenji Kojima 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: 20220302434
    Abstract: A doped electrode is manufactured by an electrode manufacturing method. The doped electrode includes an active material doped with an alkali metal. In the electrode manufacturing method, a dope solution is brought into contact with an electrode. The electrode includes a current collector and an active material layer. The active material layer is formed on a surface of the current collector and includes the active material. The dope solution includes an alkali metal ion and flows. In the electrode manufacturing method, for example, the alkali metal is electrically doped to the active material using a counter electrode member arranged to face the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirobumi SUZUKI, Kenji KOJIMA, Masaya NAOI, Nobuo ANDO, Hiroki YAKUSHIJI, Kazunari AITA, Masahiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11383534
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a transporting belt configured to transport a medium, a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium, a first gripping portion configured to grip the first end portion of the transporting belt, and move in the transport direction, and a second gripping portion configured to grip the second end portion of the transporting belt, and move in the transport direction. When the head is positioned outside the transporting belt with respect to the second end portion, the first gripping portion performs a first operation of gripping the transporting belt and moving to a predetermined position, and releasing the gripped transporting belt. When the head is positioned outside the transporting belt with respect to the first end portion, the second gripping portion performs a second operation of gripping the transporting belt and moving to a predetermined position, and releasing the gripped transporting belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kojima, Masaru Jingushi
  • Publication number: 20220085350
    Abstract: The electrode manufacturing system comprises a cutting device. The cutting device cuts an electrode material along one direction of the electrode material to manufacture electrodes. The electrode material comprises first sections and a second section. The first section includes an active material doped with alkali metal, and extends in the one direction. The second section is located between two adjacent first sections of the first sections. In the second section, the active material doped with alkali metal is absent. The cutting device cuts the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YAKUSHIJI, Masaya NAOI, Kenji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220077448
    Abstract: A doping system dopes an active material with an alkali metal, the active material being contained in a layer of a strip-shaped electrode. The doping system includes a doping bath, a conveyor unit, a counter electrode unit, a connection unit, and a recovery unit. The doping bath stores a solution containing alkali metal ions. The conveyor unit conveys the electrode along a path passing through the doping bath. The counter electrode unit is housed in the doping bath. The connection unit electrically connects a conveyor roller provided in the conveyor unit with the counter electrode unit. The recovery unit collects in the doping bath the solution adhered to the electrode having passed through the doping bath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya NAOI, Kenji KOJIMA, Kazunari AITA
  • Patent number: 11207245
    Abstract: To provide a composite for a dental pattern resin whose shrinkage when curing and expansion when heated can be both suppressed as its usability is kept, the composite for a dental pattern resin includes a liquid formulation and a powder formulation, wherein the liquid formulation includes a polymerizable monofunctional (meth)acrylate, a polymerizable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and a polymerization accelerator, and the powder formulation includes more than 5 mass % of a (meth)acrylate copolymer on the basis of the total powder formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshie Nomura, Kenji Kojima, Tatsuya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11104235
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a charging management system including a display controller configured to cause a display device to display a time slot which is settable as a new desired rental time slot of an electric vehicle, based on a charging time slot on an assumption that charging to the vehicle by a second charging device is performed, and a scheduling module configured to set the desired rental time slot as a time slot in which rental is possible, if the charging to the electric vehicle for enabling the rental is possible in the input desired rental time slot and the rental time slot in which the rental reservation has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Shimada, Norikazu Hosaka, Naoki Yamaguchi, Motohiro Takeuchi, Kenji Kojima
  • Patent number: 11059308
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ido, Kenji Kojima, Masaru Jingushi, Seigo Mizutani, Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210159484
    Abstract: A lithium ion rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution. A negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode. The negative electrode is doped with lithium. An aperture ratio of the negative electrode current collector is 0% or higher and 0.1% or lower. A discharge capacity ratio X, which is defined by Formula (1): X=C1/C2, is greater than 0, and 0.9 or less. C1 in the Formula (1) is a discharge capacity of a cell when the cell is charged and discharged at a cell voltage between 2.0 V and 4.3 V. C2 in the Formula (1) is a discharge capacity of the negative electrode when the negative electrode is charged and discharged between 0V vs. Li/Li+ and 3V vs. Li/Li+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: MUSASHI ENERGY SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki YAKUSHIJI, Kazunari AITA, Tomohiro UTAKA, Masaya NAOI, Kenji KOJIMA, Norihiro YAMAMOTO, Nobuo ANDO
  • Publication number: 20210094322
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting device includes a transporting belt configured to transport a medium, a head configured to eject a liquid onto the medium, a first gripping portion configured to grip the first end portion of the transporting belt, and move in the transport direction, and a second gripping portion configured to grip the second end portion of the transporting belt, and move in the transport direction. When the head is positioned outside the transporting belt with respect to the second end portion, the first gripping portion performs a first operation of gripping the transporting belt and moving to a predetermined position, and releasing the gripped transporting belt. When the head is positioned outside the transporting belt with respect to the first end portion, the second gripping portion performs a second operation of gripping the transporting belt and moving to a predetermined position, and releasing the gripped transporting belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kenji KOJIMA, Masaru JINGUSHI
  • Publication number: 20210090818
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: an electrode assembly, including a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode; and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode is doped with lithium. The power storage device includes first through-holes penetrating the negative electrode current collector in a thickness direction thereof. On at least one side of the negative electrode current collector, the power storage device includes second through-holes penetrating the negative electrode active material layer in a thickness direction thereof. An aperture ratio of the first through-holes on the negative electrode current collector, or an aperture ratio of the second through-holes on the negative electrode active material layer is 0.001% or higher and 1% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: JM Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari AITA, Hiroki YAKUSHIJI, Hirobumi SUZUKI, Tomohiro UTAKA, Masaya NAOI, Kenji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20210085433
    Abstract: A dental gypsum slurry includes water and a dental gypsum powder containing hemihydrate gypsum and a polycarboxylic acid salt-based water-reducing agent, wherein a powder-water ratio of the water to the dental gypsum powder is 0.24 to 0.50, and when the water and the dental gypsum powder being mixed are poured up to a height of 50 mm in a cylindrical mold having an inner diameter of 35 mm, which is vertically placed on a flat surface, and then, the cylindrical mold is pulled upward at 10 mm/s at 30 seconds after start of mixing so that a mixture spreads planarly, the diameter of the mixture is 141.4 mm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Daizaburo Mori, Masatoshi Yoshinaga, Kenji Kojima, Kaori Watanabe, Tsukasa Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210045975
    Abstract: An embodiment according to the present invention provides a dental gypsum powder including a hemihydrate gypsum and a water-reducing agent, wherein the mass ratio of the water-reducing agent to the hemihydrate gypsum is 0.1 to 1%, the content of particles having a particle diameter of 10 ?m or less is 15 to 35 volume %, the content of particles having a particle diameter of 20 ?m or less is 40 to 55 volume %, and the content of particles having a particle diameter of 30 ?m or less is 55 to 75 volume %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daizaburo MORI, Kenji KOJIMA, Masatoshi YOSHINAGA
  • Publication number: 20200324562
    Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro IDO, Kenji KOJIMA, Masaru JINGUSHI, Seigo MIZUTANI, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10620040
    Abstract: To make a display in a photoelectric switch easy to see for a user. A photoelectric switch includes a housing having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. A display is attached to a first surface of the outer surface of the housing. A control board is housed on the inside of the housing. A controller is mounted on the control board. The first surface includes a hole-like or cutout-like opening section for allowing a signal cable to pass from the outside to the inside of the housing. The signal cable electrically connects the control board disposed on the inside of the housing and the display disposed on the outside of the housing. A cover member includes a window section for exposing a display region of the display and covers a non-display region of the display. The cover member is provided outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Choryon Oh, Kenji Kojima
  • Publication number: 20200093708
    Abstract: To provide a composite for a dental pattern resin whose shrinkage when curing and expansion when heated can be both suppressed as its usability is kept, the composite for a dental pattern resin includes a liquid formulation and a powder formulation, wherein the liquid formulation includes a polymerizable monofunctional (meth)acrylate, a polymerizable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, and a polymerization accelerator, and the powder formulation includes more than 5 mass % of a (meth)acrylate copolymer on the basis of the total powder formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshie NOMURA, Kenji KOJIMA, Tatsuya FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200093709
    Abstract: Provided is a powder formulation for a dental composite which prevents aggregation, makes it easy to be obtained by a proper amount, and makes it possible to suppress formation of incineration residues after mixed with a liquid formulation for a dental composite to form resin. The powder formulation includes a flowability-improving agent in the form of powder, the flowability-improving agent being comprising polymethyl (meth)acrylate, the flowability-improving agent having a volume median particle diameter of 0.02 ?m to 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: GC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshie Nomura, Kenji Kojima, Tatsuya Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10589538
    Abstract: A head unit includes heads arranged in a body. Each head includes a nozzle row arranged along a first direction. The heads are arranged along a second direction intersecting with the first direction. Two or more heads that include a nozzle row corresponding to a first color, are provided in each of a first region and a second region. A color corresponding to the nozzle row at an nth position from a first side is the same as a color corresponding to the nozzle row at an nth position from a second side, n being a positive integer, the first side being one side of the body in the second direction and the second side being another side of the body in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima
  • Patent number: 10543429
    Abstract: PROBLEM To appropriately produce a sound effect caused by an action of an object when the object is made to perform an action such as jogging. SOLUTION An object is made to perform an action in which two or more sets of motion data are blended, each one of two or more sets of sequence data associated with two or more motion data are switched depending on a blend condition, and an effect is produced with reference to the switched sequence data. Also, cumulative number of times of produced effects in a correction period before the switch of the sequence data is counted. No effect is produced in the correction period after the switch if a predetermined number of times of effects has produced before the switch, and a predetermined number of times of effects is produced in the correction period after the switch if a predetermined number of times of effects have not produced before the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CAPCOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kojima, Yuki Noto, Wataru Hachisako, Yuji Higashiyama
  • Patent number: 10464358
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus RIM which ejects liquid onto a medium includes a carriage which includes a control substrate which configures at least a part of a control unit which controls driving of the entire liquid ejecting apparatus, a plurality of ejecting units which eject the liquid, a plurality of driving substrates which are connected to the control substrate, connected to the plurality of ejecting units in one-to-one correspondence, and drives the ejecting unit, an ejecting unit-driving substrate accommodating unit which accommodates the ejecting unit and the driving substrate, and a control substrate accommodating unit which accommodates the control substrate, in which the plurality of driving substrates are connected to the control substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Tanabe, Kenji Kojima, Takahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D927992
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CASIO KEISANKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kenji Kojima