Patents by Inventor Koji Kobayashi

Koji 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).

  • Patent number: 11987068
    Abstract: A marking pen, comprising: a shaft cylinder; a porous pen core accommodated in the shaft cylinder, and configured to project from, and retract into, an opening part provided at a tip end of the shaft cylinder; an inner cotton accommodated in the shaft cylinder, and filled with an aqueous ink composition to be fed to the pen core, the aqueous ink composition including a water soluble organic solvent in an amount of from 20 mass % to 60 mass %; and a delivery mechanism configured to cause a tip end of the pen core to project from, and retract into, the opening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Kobayashi, Toru Nakajima, Akiko Hirayama, Koji Takada
  • Patent number: 11980850
    Abstract: An ultrafine bubble water manufacturing device includes a whirlpool pump, an ejector, a cascade pump, a branch portion on the downstream side of the cascade pump, a return path which communicates from the branch portion between the ejector and the cascade pump, a flow rate adjusting valve and a first ultrafine bubble manufacturing unit interposed in the return path, an emission path which communicates with the branch portion, a second ultrafine bubble manufacturing unit interposed in the emission path and a control device. The control device controls an air amount adjusting valve, the whirlpool pump, the cascade pump and the flow rate adjusting valve based on the measurement values of a concentration meter for the emission path and first and second pressure gauges and on the downstream and upstream sides of the cascade pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MIIKE TEKKOU KABUSHIKIGAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Hidemasa Kobayashi, Masahide Hayashi, Koji Fujiwara, Etsuo Ishii
  • Patent number: 11984260
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chip component, a conductive terminal, a case, and a fixation part. The chip component includes a terminal electrode on an end surface of the chip component. The conductive terminal is connected to the terminal electrode. The case includes an accommodation recess for accommodating the chip component. The fixation part fixes the case to an installation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Masuda, Shinya Ito, Norihisa Ando, Kosuke Yazawa, Yoshiki Satou, Katsumi Kobayashi, Koji Utsui, Koji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11981200
    Abstract: When temperature of a second power source of a vehicle becomes higher than a threshold value during a first mode in which three rotating elements of a differential gear can make differential movement and when four-wheel drive is needed, switching is performed to a second mode in which the three rotating elements are unified, and when four-wheel drive is not needed even when the temperature of the second power source becomes higher than the threshold value during the first mode, output of the second power source is restricted, while the first mode is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Akiyama, Akira Ijichi, Taichi Kobayashi, Koji Takaira, Akinori Homan, Yoshio Itou, Kunihiko Usui
  • Patent number: 11976301
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing megakaryocytes that have an increased capacity to produce platelets, the method comprising a step of culturing, under conditions that cause the death of cells that do not express a gene that is specifically expressed by megakaryocytes, cells that have the capacity to differentiate into megakaryocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Megakaryon Corporation, Kyoto University
    Inventors: Takeaki Dohda, Sachiko Kobayashi, Koji Eto, Hiroshi Endo, Sou Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240145507
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of further suppressing color mixing between pixels. The imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate provided with a photoelectric conversion unit for each of pixels two-dimensionally arranged; a color filter provided for each of the pixels on the semiconductor substrate; an intermediate layer provided between the semiconductor substrate and the color filter; and a low refraction region provided between the pixels by separating at least the color filter and the intermediate layer for each of the pixels, the low refraction region having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the color filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji SEKIGUCHI, Kaito YOKOCHI, Takayuki OGASAHARA, Shigehiro IKEHARA, Chigusa YAMANE, Hideki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20240133229
    Abstract: Provided is a resin profile joining method of joining a pair of resin profiles. The method includes: holding one resin profile and another resin profile of the pair of resin profiles with a first clamp and a second clamp, respectively, such that end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles are faced each other; heating the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles in no contact with the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to melt the pair of resin profiles; making a guide in contact with surfaces of the pair of resin profiles so as to cover between the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles after the heating; and crimping the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to each other while keeping the guide in contact with the surfaces of the pair of resin profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Koji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240136249
    Abstract: There is provided an aluminum-ceramic bonded substrate in which an aluminum plate comprising aluminum alloy is directly bonded to one surface of a ceramic substrate and an aluminum base plate comprising aluminum alloy is directly bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate, wherein the aluminum alloy is the aluminum alloy containing 0.05% by mass or more and 3.0% by mass or less of at least one element selected from nickel and iron in total amount, containing 0.01% by mass or more and 0.1% by mass or less of at least one element selected from titanium and zirconium in total amount, and containing 0% by mass or more and 0.05% by mass or less of at least one element selected from boron or carbon in total amount, with a balance being aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240131804
    Abstract: Provided is a resin profile joining method of joining a pair of resin profiles. The method includes: holding one resin profile and another resin profile of the pair of resin profiles with a first mold and a second mold, respectively; heating the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles in no contact with the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to melt the pair of resin profiles; after the heating, moving each of the first mold and the second mold relative to the pair of resin profiles in a longitudinal direction of a corresponding resin profile of the pair of resin profiles; and crimping the end surfaces of the pair of resin profiles to each other while keeping the first mold and the second mold in contact with the surfaces of the pair of resin profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Koji Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20240116589
    Abstract: An operation pedal system that is installed in a straddle-type vehicle includes an operation pedal having an arm portion and a pedal portion, and a tread surface forming member that is attached to the pedal portion to form a first tread surface above the pedal portion that receives a stepping force when a stepping operation is performed on the operation pedal. In the operation pedal system, the tread surface forming member is separate from the operation pedal, and the tread surface forming member has a body portion having a tread surface forming surface forming the first tread surface on an upper surface, and an attachment mechanism provided on the body portion for detachably attaching the tread surface forming member to the pedal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayo YAMAMOTO, Koji KOBAYASHI, Hideaki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240102184
    Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: an electrolyzer having an anode electrode that oxidizes water to generate a proton, a cathode electrode that hydrogenates a substance to be hydrogenated with the proton to generate an organic hydride, and a membrane that moves the proton together with dragged water from the side of the anode electrode to the side of the cathode electrode; an anolyte supplier that supplies the anolyte to the anode electrode; a water separator that separates the dragged water from the catholyte fed from the cathode electrode; and a water returner that sends the dragged water separated by the water separator to the anolyte supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Kota MIYOSHI, Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Toru TAKAMURA, Koji MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20240075789
    Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
  • Patent number: 11923104
    Abstract: A cable includes a cable core including one or more electric wires, a shield layer covering around the cable core, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. The shield layer is composed of a braided shield including a plurality of first metal wires composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy and a plurality of second metal wires composed of copper or copper alloy. The plurality of first metal wires and the plurality of second metal wires are cross-braided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi, Masashi Moriyama, Koji Fukuzato
  • Publication number: 20240070864
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor, in which the processor is configured to perform diagnosis support processing on one medical image and derive a plurality of diagnosis support processing results, present selection information for allowing a user to select at least one diagnosis support processing result among the plurality of derived diagnosis support processing results, and output a diagnosis support processing result selected by the user according to the selection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiromu HAYASHI, Koji TANINAI, Kazuhiro MAKINO, Takeyasu KOBAYASHI, Akihito BETTOYASHIKI
  • 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: 20240070728
    Abstract: The information processing device determines whether or not to re-lease the first vehicle after returning from the lease. The information processing device includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire, for the first vehicle, a evaluation result of a state according to a predetermined evaluation method, and output that the first vehicle is to be leased again when the evaluation result indicates that the first vehicle does not require repair, and output that the first vehicle is to be sold when the evaluation result indicates that the first vehicle needs repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki OKAWARA, Masafumi FUJIO, Koji TAKAHASHI, Sho KOBAYASHI, Takahiro ICHINOSE
  • Publication number: 20240059144
    Abstract: A travel control device for controlling traveling of a straddle-type vehicle includes a control device, a vehicle speed detector configured to detect a traveling speed of the vehicle, and a vibration detector configured to detect a detection target vibration which is a vibration in a yaw direction or roll direction of the vehicle and has a frequency within a reference frequency range. The control device includes a deceleration device configured to perform a deceleration control to decelerate the traveling speed if the traveling speed exceeds a control start reference speed and an amplitude of the detection target vibration exceeds a control start reference amplitude and a deceleration stop device configured to stop the deceleration control if the traveling speed becomes equal to or less than a target limited speed after the deceleration control is started by the deceleration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromi DEGUCHI, Shoji YANAGIDA, Koji KOBAYASHI, Takuya OKAMURA, Hirotoshi MOCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240046493
    Abstract: A challenge is to provide an art to identify mice as individuals from captured images of one or more mice that are doing activity in a predetermined activity range. An image processing device includes an image acquisition unit, a part extraction unit, and an individual identification unit. The image acquisition unit acquires a captured video of a state in which one or more animals are doing activity in a predetermined activity range. An outline detection unit extracts the outlines of the bodies of the one or more animals from each of multiple unit images included in the video. The individual identification unit analyzes the multiple outlines detected from each of the multiple unit images by the outline detection unit, in a time-series manner and identifies the one or more animals as individuals in each of the unit images on the basis of the analysis results. Thus, the challenge is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: REVAMP CORPORATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Takahisa MURATA, Koji KOBAYASHI, Seiji MATSUSHITA, Naoyuki SHIMIZU, Tomoyuki YUASA, Takashi MINATO
  • Patent number: 11883563
    Abstract: A resin composition for a medical device to be subjected to gas low-temperature sterilization includes a resin and an ion exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kobayashi, Takayuki Kondo, Rieko Niino, Masaya Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20240014758
    Abstract: A power conversion device is provided which is capable of balancing impedance relatively easily and suppressing noise caused by a common mode current when a three-phase AC output is applied to drive a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: SANDEN CORPORATION, KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kohei TAKADA, Koji KOBAYASHI, Tohlu MATSUSHIMA