Patents by Inventor Kentaro Adachi

Kentaro Adachi 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: 20210213691
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic composite containing a fiber-reinforced plastic part having a plate-like portion and a rib protruding from one surface of the plate-like portion, and a metal part, having an average thickness of 0.5-3.0 mm, laminated on part of or all of the plate-like portion of the fiber-reinforced plastic part, comprising: a lamination step for stacking a plurality of incised prepreg layers as a plurality of sheets of base material to form a base laminate, each prepreg layer containing unidirectionally oriented fibers and resin, and a plurality of incisions crossing the fibers, a base material heating step for heating the base laminate, and a molding step for integrating the base laminate and the metal part by pressing them between a rib molding member having a recessed portion for forming a rib and a skin molding member free of such a recessed portion in a pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuzo Fujita, Takuya Karaki, Kentaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20210122136
    Abstract: A prepreg laminate is provided which includes: a woven fabric prepreg on at least one surface layer; and a discontinuous fiber prepreg; the woven fabric prepreg including reinforcing fibers R1 having a woven structure, and a thermosetting resin A, the discontinuous fiber prepreg including unidirectionally oriented discontinuous reinforcing fibers R2 and a thermosetting resin B, the thermosetting resin A and the thermosetting resin B satisfying the following calorific value condition: calorific value condition: when each of the thermosetting resin A and the thermosetting resin B is heated using a differential scanning calorimeter from 50° C. to 130° C. at 700° C./min under a nitrogen atmosphere followed by retention at 130° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Adachi, Yuzo Fujita, Takuya Karaki
  • Publication number: 20200338972
    Abstract: A seal component includes a division bar arranged between the movable glass and the fixed glass, a flexible first seal molded integrally with the division bar and sealing both a vertical side portion of the movable glass and a vertical side portion of the fixed glass, a flexible second seal coupled to an upper end of the first seal and sealing a portion of a periphery of the fixed glass excluding the vertical side portion, and a coupling member that couples a lower side portion of the second seal to the first seal. The first seal includes a first groove into which the vertical side portion of the fixed glass is fitted thereby sealing the vertical side portion, and the second seal includes a second groove into which the portion of the periphery of the fixed glass excluding the vertical side portion is fitted thereby sealing the fitted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kashif ZIA, Kentaro ADACHI, Ruben VAZQUEZ
  • Publication number: 20200273391
    Abstract: A timing controller that controls a drive circuit of a display panel includes: a delay output unit configured to output a delay value based on a delay time of a second pulse with respect to a first pulse that is output by the drive circuit, the first pulse being generated in synchronization with a data signal supplied to the display panel; and an error output unit configured to compare the delay value and a threshold value to each other and output an error signal based on a result of the comparison, and the second pulse is a pulse that is output from the drive circuit based on the first pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro ADACHI, Chisato HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200247071
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic having high mechanical properties and high productivity during molding of a complicated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kentaro Adachi, Yuzo Fujita, Takuya Karaki
  • Publication number: 20200235359
    Abstract: A gas vent duct includes a lower case, an upper case, and a valve element. The valve element includes a shaft at its upper part and pivots on the shaft from a blocking position so that the gas vent pathway communicates with the outside of the vehicle compartment. The blocking position is a position in which the valve element blocks the ventilation pathway. The lower case includes a support supporting the shaft so that the valve element is pivotable. The support covers the shaft from above. A recess is defined by a portion of the inner surface of the upper case that is located above the support, the recess being recessed upward. When the recess and the support are seen from above, at least a part of the support is located within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi HAYASHI, Isao TAKAHASHI, Kentaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200001550
    Abstract: Provided are methods for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic having high mechanical properties and high productivity during molding of a complicated shape. In one aspect, the method produces a fiber-reinforced plastic using a tape substrate A and a sheet substrate B, the tape substrate A being a tape-shaped substrate including one or more sheets of incised prepreg a; the incised prepreg a being a prepreg including unidirectionally oriented reinforcing fibers and a resin and having a plurality of incisions dividing the reinforcing fibers formed in the prepreg, and satisfying the following condition 1; the sheet substrate B being a substrate including randomly oriented reinforcing fibers and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuzo Fujita, Kentaro Adachi, Takuya Karaki
  • Publication number: 20190232528
    Abstract: Provided is an intermediate base material (incised prepreg) which has exceptional surface quality and mechanical properties when solidified and with which it is possible to obtain a fiber-reinforced plastic having excellent three-dimensional shape conformance properties. This incised prepreg has, in a prepreg that includes a resin and reinforcing fibers oriented in one direction, incisions substantially parallel to the orientation direction of the reinforcing fibers (the incisions substantially parallel to the orientation direction of the reinforcing fibers are referred to as parallel incisions) and incisions that cut across the reinforcing fibers (the incisions that cut across the reinforcing fibers are referred to as intersecting incisions).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Terumasa Tsuda, Kentaro Adachi, Yuzo Fujita, Takuya Karaki
  • Publication number: 20160280054
    Abstract: A glass run for use in a sashless door-type automobile, which is capable of exhibiting excellent sealing property and being readily produced without generating any crack in connection faces. The glass run includes an upper side portion, a vertical side portion and a corner portion. In the upper side portion, a glass run section and a trim section are integrally formed. The trim section has a side wall on the side of the glass run section, a side wall on the side of an automobile body, and a bottom wall with a generally U-shaped cross-section. The corner portion includes an upper side connection part and a vertical side connection part. Connection faces between the upper side connection part of the corner portion and the upper side portion are inclined to a longitudinal direction of the upper side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kentaro ADACHI, Mitsunobu TERAMOTO, Masahiro TAKAYA, Yuhei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9227666
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a pair of hat-shaped panels that form a portion of a vehicle, each hat-shaped panel having a hat-shaped cross-section, the pair of hat-shaped panels facing each other and forming a closed sectional portion; a partition panel that is sandwiched by the pair of hat-shaped panels, and divides an inside of the closed sectional portion; and a laser welded portion where all of four or more plates including the pair of hat-shaped panels and the partition panel are overlapped and welded together at an identical position by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yoshioka, Akiyoshi Watanabe, Norimasa Koreishi, Kentaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20150273990
    Abstract: A glass run capable of being readily assembled on a corner of a door frame of an automobile door with excellent sealing properties. Straight parts of the glass run include an upper side part, a front vertical side part and a rear vertical side part. In a corner part of the glass run, an outer side wall, an inner side wall, a bottom wall of a glass run section, an outer seal lip and an inner seal lip are connected to corresponding parts of the upper side part and the vertical side part by molding into an inclined or curved configuration. An exterior surface of the bottom wall of the glass run section is arranged such that an intersection point of an extension line of an end line of a front vertical side or a rear vertical side of the door frame, which is on the side of a door glass, and a trim section of the upper side part of the glass run is located on an outer peripheral side of the exterior surface of the bottom wall of the glass run section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kentaro ADACHI, Mitsunobu TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150175218
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a pair of hat-shaped panels that form a portion of a vehicle, each hat-shaped panel having a hat-shaped cross-section, the pair of hat-shaped panels facing each other and forming a closed sectional portion; a partition panel that is sandwiched by the pair of hat-shaped panels, and divides an inside of the closed sectional portion; and a laser welded portion where all of four or more plates including the pair of hat-shaped panels and the partition panel are overlapped and welded together at an identical position by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hideyuki YOSHIOKA, Akiyoshi WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI, Kentaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20150102639
    Abstract: A vehicle-body member joining structure includes: laser welded portions at which at least two panel members each constituting part of a vehicle body and made of a steel sheet are joined to each other by laser welding in a state where a predetermined gap is formed therebetween; and an electrodeposition coating film portion covering surfaces of the panel members and filling at least part of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Hideyuki YOSHIOKA, Akiyoshi WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI, Kentaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20150104244
    Abstract: A laser joint structure includes a metal outer cylinder, a metal inner member that is provided inside of the outer cylinder, in which a joining portion is arranged following an inner shape of the outer cylinder, the joining portion being arranged contacting or close to the outer cylinder; and a laser weld that is provided on a mating portion of the outer cylinder and a corresponding mating portion of the joining portion, and in which a circular cylindrical nugget is formed by melting the outer cylinder and the joining portion, which is accomplished by emitting a laser light from outside the outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Akiyoshi WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI, Kentaro ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20150089878
    Abstract: A glass run exhibiting excellent durability and a favorable design, which is formed by linearly connecting an outer sub-seal lip of a rear vertical side part of the glass run to a root of an outer seal lip of an upper side part thereof in a corner part. In the corner part of the glass run for automobile, an outer side wall, an inner side wall, a bottom wall, an outer seal lip and an inner seal lip are connected to corresponding parts of an upper side and a vertical side thereof by molding. In the upper side of the corner part, the outer side wall continuously extends from the upper side part of the glass run to an end of the corner part, an outer sub-seal lip of the vertical side of the corner part is linearly connected to a root of the outer seal lip of the upper side extended, and a thick joint is formed on an interior side of a connected part between the outer sub-seal lip and root of the outer seal lip of the upper side of the corner part so as to cover the connected part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hirofumi OTSUKA, Kentaro ADACHI, Masahiko ITO
  • Patent number: 8782954
    Abstract: A glass run includes a glass run section, a trim section and a molding section. The glass run section is formed of a soft material, the trim section is formed of a hard material and the molding section is formed of a hard material by injection molding. The molding section includes a head part and a leg part, and has a generally T-shaped cross-section. A bottom wall of the trim section and an outer side wall of the glass run section are integrally joined to an interior surface of the head part of the molding section, while sandwiching the leg part of the molding section. A side wall of the trim section, is integrally joined to one of side surfaces of the leg part, whereas a bottom wall of the glass run section is integrally joined to the other side surface of the leg part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kawai, Yoshihisa Kubo, Yoshihiro Miura, Kentaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20130232881
    Abstract: A glass run for use in a sashless door-type motor vehicle, which is capable of being readily produced and securely attached without coming off a door frame, etc. The glass run includes an upper side portion, a front vertical side portion, a rear vertical side portion, a front corner portion and a rear corner portion. In the upper side portion, a glass run section and a trim section are integrally formed. A corner joining section of the corner portion extends from the upper side portion such that at least one part of the glass run section and an inner seal lip of the trim section are cut off, an inner seal lip is formed in an area corresponding to the cut inner seal lip by molding so as to be gradually tapered towards an end thereof, and an engaging protrusion adapted to be engaged with an end of the door frame is provided near an end of a corner engaging section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro ADACHI, Yoshihiro MIURA
  • Publication number: 20130074417
    Abstract: A glass run includes a glass run section, a trim section and a molding section. The glass run section is formed of a soft material, the trim section is formed of a hard material and the molding section is formed of a hard material by injection molding. The molding section includes a head part and a leg part, and has a generally T-shaped cross-section. A bottom wall of the trim section and an outer side wall of the glass run section are integrally joined to an interior surface of the head part of the molding section, while sandwiching the leg part of the molding section. A side wall of the trim section, is integrally joined to one of side surfaces of the leg part, whereas a bottom wall of the glass run section is integrally joined to the other side surface of the leg part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kawai, Yoshihisa Kubo, Yoshihiro Miura, Kentaro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20090010867
    Abstract: To provide a skin cleanser having superior lather quality at cleansing and improved moist and soft feeling after cleansing. A skin cleansing composition comprising an amphoteric terpolymer which consists of, 5 to 15 mass % of an anionic monomer (ex. acrylic acid), 15 to 40 mass % of a cationic monomer (ex. dimethyldiallylammonium chloride) and 45 to 80 mass % of a nonionic monomer (ex. acrylamide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kimura, Akira Noda, Kentaro Adachi, Wayne M. Carlson
  • Patent number: 6071968
    Abstract: A radical scavenger in accordance with the present invention comprises, as an effective ingredient, a phenylenediamine derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof expressed by the following formula 1: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a lower alkyl group; and each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, or benzyl group.The phenylenediamine derivative above mentioned, as a radical scavenger, has a lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity so as to be available for inhibiting brain infarction or brain edema.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikao Nishino, Kentaro Adachi, Kazayuki Miyazawa, Ryuhei Inada, Tatsuya Otake