Patents by Inventor Koichi Nakano
Koichi Nakano 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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Publication number: 20240150621Abstract: A heat sealable resin composition includes an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and a tackifier resin (B), a content ratio of a constituent unit derived from a vinyl ester included in the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A) is 8% by mass or more with respect to total copolymer constituent units constituting the ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer (A), and the tackifier resin (B) includes an alicyclic hydrocarbon resin (B1) and an aromatic hydrocarbon resin (B2).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Koichi NISHIJIMA, Shigenori NAKANO, Masami SAKUMA, Hiroki TAKAOKA
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Publication number: 20240136093Abstract: An electronic component that includes: a base body; wiring inside the base body; a glass film covering an outer surface of the base body; an underlying electrode electrically connected to the wiring and covering a part of the glass film; and a metal layer covering the underlying electrode, wherein the glass film includes an uncovered portion that is not covered with the underlying electrode and separated from an outer edge of the underlying electrode by more than 10 ?m, and a boundary portion that is not covered with the underlying electrode and not separated from the outer edge of the underlying electrode by more than 10 ?m, and a thickness of the boundary portion is larger than a thickness of the uncovered portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Tomoya OOSHIMA, Yuuta HOSHINO, Koichi YAMADA, Miki SASAKI, Mitsuru NAKANO
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Patent number: 11965469Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder in which an air-fuel mixture of gaseous fuel and intake air is combusted, an intake passage connected to the cylinder, and a supercharger for supercharging the intake air, in a case where backfire is generated in a set period before supercharging is performed by the supercharger, supercharging is performed at a smaller supercharging pressure than in a case where backfire is not generated in the set period.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiaki Tamachi, Yoshito Sekiguchi, Masato Nakano, Koichi Okuda, Tatsuya Imamura, Atsushi Tabata
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Publication number: 20240109342Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a medium accommodating part, an image forming engine, a discharge part, a medium conveyer configured to convey a medium from the medium accommodating part to the image forming engine and to the discharge part, a medium holder configured to hold the medium discharged to the discharge part, and a controller. The controller selects a first discharge mode for causing the medium holder to continue to hold the medium when a holding condition is satisfied or a second discharge mode for causing the medium holder not to hold the medium or to hold the medium for a prescribed period and then release the medium. The holding condition includes at least one of a first condition being that material of the medium does not correspond to specific materials and a second condition being that a medium length is less than a first threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Satoru ARAKANE, Masashi OHHASHI, Koichi TSUGIMURA, Haruka AZECHI, Yasuhiro NAKANO
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Patent number: 11941480Abstract: An information processing system includes an identification unit configured to identify unique information on shoes using at least part of a captured image of the shoes, and a setting unit configured to set an association between an acquisition device configured to acquire the unique information and a module device attached to the shoes based on the unique information.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Fukushi, Zhenwei Wang, Hiroaki Nakano, Toshinori Takemura, Kentaro Nakahara, Hannah Pokka, Itsumi Kato, Akira Kamei, Chenhui Huang, Hiroshi Kajitani, Koichi Morikawa, Hiroshi Okuda
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Patent number: 11932137Abstract: A regenerative torque upper limit is set to a larger value when a rear-wheel distribution ratio is small than when the rear-wheel distribution ratio is large. Accordingly, when a distribution of a drive power to front wheels is large, a regenerative torque of a second rotary machine can be increased such that wheels are less likely to slip at the time of performing of regeneration control when the distribution of the drive power to the front wheels is small in comparison with a case in which the regenerative torque upper limit is set to a constant value similarly to when the distribution of the drive power to the front wheels is small. In this way, it is possible to increase the regenerative torque of the second rotary machine according to the rear-wheel distribution ratio.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Masato Nakano, Yuki Makino
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Publication number: 20240082885Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes a rotation mechanism that rotates the substrate, a first cleaning solution supply nozzle that discharges a cleaning solution to which ultrasonic vibration is applied to the surface of the substrate, and a swing mechanism that swings the first cleaning solution supply nozzle from a vicinity of a rotation center of the substrate toward an outer peripheral edge of the substrate in a range narrower than a half-surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Fumitoshi Oikawa, Koichi Fukaya, Erina Baba, Shuichi Suemasa, Hisajiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20240067158Abstract: A vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an automatic transmission capable of transmitting and receiving torque to and from an output shaft of the internal combustion engine is controlled. During operation of the internal combustion engine, a process that calculates a diluted water amount based on an operation state of the internal combustion engine is executed. The diluted water amount is the amount of water contained in lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine. Further, a process that controls the automatic transmission such that torque per unit period in the internal combustion engine becomes smaller when the diluted water amount is relatively large compared to when the diluted water amount is relatively small, while continuing the operation of the internal combustion engine, is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Masato NAKANO, Nobuhiko SATAKE, Yoshito SEKIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240068420Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder in which an air-fuel mixture of gaseous fuel and intake air is combusted, an intake passage connected to the cylinder, and a supercharger for supercharging the intake air, in a case where backfire is generated in a set period before supercharging is performed by the supercharger, supercharging is performed at a smaller supercharging pressure than in a case where backfire is not generated in the set period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiaki TAMACHI, Yoshito SEKIGUCHI, Masato NAKANO, Koichi OKUDA, Tatsuya IMAMURA, Atsushi TABATA
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Patent number: 11914285Abstract: The present invention provides an FPD pellicle frame body in which external color is controlled so as to make it easy to prevent scattering of exposure light, to perform the foreign object non-adhesion inspection before use, and the like, and a method for manufacturing the frame body efficiently. The FPD pellicle frame body of the present invention comprises: a stainless-steel member having a transparent oxide coating, and a film thickness of the transparent oxide coating being 420 nm to 700 nm. It is preferable that a brightness index L* due to the interference color of the reflected lights from the surface of the transparent oxide coating and the surface of the stainless-steel member is 33 or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Komura, Koichi Nakano, Akira Iizuka
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Publication number: 20240045436Abstract: A transport apparatus has a drive unit that loads and moves the article and a control unit that controls the drive unit, and has a movement mode in which the transport apparatus moves straight in one direction and a movement mode in which the transport apparatus rotates to face different directions. The control unit is configured to: accelerate under a first acceleration condition including a first acceleration or a first target speed when the transport apparatus loaded with the article moves in a same movement mode as a movement mode before stoppage among the plurality of movement modes with respect to an acceleration condition when the transport apparatus moves from a stopped state, and perform acceleration under a second acceleration condition including a second acceleration smaller than the first acceleration or a second target speed smaller than the first target speed when the transport apparatus moves in another movement mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Koichi NAKANO
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Patent number: 11855574Abstract: A control device includes first and second input terminals to which a DC voltage for driving a motor is input, and a control unit. The control unit sets a rotation direction of the motor based on first input to the first input terminal or the second input terminal. A rotation speed of the motor is changed based on a subsequence input of the DC voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Arita, Satoshi Nishimoto, Koichi Nakano
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Publication number: 20230175159Abstract: The present invention provides: an aluminum alloy member which can be manufactured at a relatively low cost and has a light weight, and which can have high dimensional accuracy under a high-temperature environment and is less likely to undergo the color-fading of a blackened surface even under a high-temperature environment, and has excellent heat resistance; and a method for manufacturing the aluminum alloy member with high efficiency. The aluminum alloy member according to the present invention comprises: a substrate which comprises an extruded material of an aluminum powder alloy having an Si content of 20 to 40% by mass and has an anodic oxide coating film formed on the surface thereof, and an electrolytically colored layer which is formed by precipitating a metal or a metal salt on voids in the anodic oxide coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Akira IIZUKA, Naoto KOMURA, Koichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20230100780Abstract: A solid state battery that includes: a solid state battery laminate that includes at least one battery constituent unit including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive electrode terminal on a first side surface of the solid state battery laminate; a negative electrode terminal on a second side surface opposite the first side surface of the solid state battery laminate; and an insulating part having a sleeve shape in a sectional view of the solid state battery, the insulating part covering an active material part of at least one electrode layer of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer in a boundary region with the external terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventor: Koichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20220397704Abstract: The present invention provides: a lightweight optical member which can be produced at relatively low cost and which provides low reflectance, stability upon exposure to light, and abrasion resistance; and an efficient method for producing such an optical member. An optical member according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a metallic base material; a low-reflective treatment layer formed on the surface of the metallic base material; and a silica layer formed on the surface of the low-reflective treatment layer. It is preferable for the silica layer to have a layer thickness of 0.1-10 ?M.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Akira IIZUKA, Takeshi OSHIMA, Koichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20220360201Abstract: A control device includes first and second input terminals to which a DC voltage for driving a motor is input, and a control unit. The control unit sets a rotation direction of the motor based on first input to the first input terminal or the second input terminal. A rotation speed of the motor is changed based on a subsequence input of the DC voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto ARITA, Satoshi NISHIMOTO, Koichi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20220328868Abstract: A solid-state battery that includes: a solid-state battery laminate including at least one battery constituent unit including: a positive electrode layer, the positive electrode layer containing a conductive carbon material; a positive electrode current collecting portion arranged at an end surface of the positive electrode layer; a negative electrode layer; and a solid-state electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer in a stacking direction thereof; a positive electrode terminal electrically connected to the positive electrode current collecting portion; and a negative electrode terminal electrically connected to the negative electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Nobuyuki IWANE, Koichi NAKANO, Yusuke FUNADA, Katsunori TAKAHARA, Kiyoshi KUMAGAE, Keisuke SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20220302506Abstract: A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminate in which a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer are laminated with the solid electrolyte layer interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, and positive and negative external terminals are on side surfaces of the solid-state battery laminate. The positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer each include an active material portion containing an active material , and a current collector portion having a relatively small active material density with respect to the active material portion and arranged on an edge surface of the active material portion so as to form an edge surface current collecting structure in which a current can be collected using the current collector portion on the edge surface of the active material portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Koichi NAKANO, Kiyoshi KUMAGAE, Nobuyuki IWANE
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Patent number: 11424478Abstract: A solid battery that includes a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal spaced apart from the positive electrode terminal, a positive electrode layer electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode layer electrically connected to the negative electrode terminal, a first solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer and containing a first solid electrolyte, and a second solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode terminal or between the negative electrode layer and the positive electrode terminal, and containing a second solid electrolyte having a glass transition temperature lower than a crystallization temperature of the first solid electrolyte and having a crystallization temperature equal to or higher than a glass transition temperature of the first solid electrolyte, and the second solid electrolyte layer having an ion conductivity lower than that of the first soliType: GrantFiled: July 9, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Nakano, Sumito Shiina
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Publication number: 20220069347Abstract: A solid-state battery including a solid-state battery laminated body including a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; a positive electrode terminal on a first side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body; and a negative electrode terminal on a second side surface of the solid-state battery laminated body, the second side surface facing the first side surface. In such a solid-state battery, in at least one electrode layer of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, a terminal contact end portion containing an electrode active material is in direct contact with the respective positive or negative electrode terminal, and a thickness of a non-terminal contact end portion in the electrode layer is smaller than a thickness of a central portion of the electrode layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Yusuke Funada, Keisuke Shimizu, Kiyoshi Kumagae, Koichi Nakano, Nobuyuki Iwane, Sumito Shiina, Katsunori Takahara