Patents by Inventor Kota Nakamura
Kota Nakamura 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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Patent number: 11965817Abstract: Disclosed is a cell classification method, to be executed by an analyzer, for classifying cells contained in a specimen, including: preparing a first measurement sample by treating a specimen under a first preparation condition; obtaining a first signal from the prepared first measurement sample; classifying, by using the first signal, cells contained in the first measurement sample; preparing a second measurement sample by treating the specimen under a second preparation condition different from the first preparation condition; obtaining a second signal from the prepared second measurement sample; classifying, by using the second signal, cells contained in the second measurement sample; and comparing a result of the cell classification performed by using the first signal and a result of the cell classification performed by using the second signal, with each other, and outputting an analysis result including a number of cells on the basis of a result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki Shida, Yukiko Nakamura, Ken Nishikawa, Kota Misawa, Hikaru Onoue, Takaaki Nagai, Masaki Abe, Takahito Mihara, Masaharu Shibata, Konobu Kimura
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Patent number: 11817571Abstract: A method for producing an electrode sheet includes a first feeding process, a roll press process, and a second feeding process, which are performed in this order. At least one of a first tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the first feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the first feeding process and a second tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the second feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the second feeding process is 5.0 MPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kota Nakamura, Tomofumi Hirukawa
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Patent number: 11764397Abstract: To provide a method for production of an all-solid-state battery in which cracking of the ends of the electrodes can be suppressed even if a negative electrode active material layer including lithium-titanium oxide is roll-pressed, provided is a method for the production of an all-solid-state battery, including roll-pressing to consolidate a negative electrode active material layer; wherein the all-solid-state battery has a structure including a laminate of a positive electrode current collector layer, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector layer in this order, the negative electrode active material layer includes a lithium-titanium oxide as a negative electrode active material, and prior to the roll-pressing, a stress relaxation rate of the negative electrode active material layer is 32.5% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kota Nakamura, Hideki Asadachi, Norihiro Ose, Yoshihide Enomoto, Tomoya Suzuki
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Patent number: 11527471Abstract: A semiconductor device is a substrate inserted lead-type semiconductor device to be mounted through insertion of a plurality of lead terminals into a plurality of respective through holes of a substrate. The semiconductor device includes: an energization controller including a semiconductor element and wiring; a sealing resin to cover the energization controller; and the lead terminals each having one end side connected to the energization controller and the other end side protruding from the sealing resin. The lead terminals each have a protrusion formed on a part of the other end side protruding from the sealing resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kota Nakamura, Hiromi Tominaga, Junichi Murakami, Hidenori Shigeoka
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Patent number: 11522215Abstract: To provide a method for production of an all-solid-state battery in which cracking of the ends of the electrodes can be suppressed even if a negative electrode active material layer including lithium-titanium oxide is roll-pressed, provided is a method for the production of an all-solid-state battery, including roll-pressing to consolidate a negative electrode active material layer; wherein the all-solid-state battery has a structure including a laminate of a positive electrode current collector layer, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector layer in this order, the negative electrode active material layer includes a lithium-titanium oxide as a negative electrode active material, and prior to the roll-pressing, a stress relaxation rate of the negative electrode active material layer is 32.5% or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kota Nakamura, Hideki Asadachi, Norihiro Ose, Yoshihide Enomoto, Tomoya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220293901Abstract: A roll press apparatus includes a first press roll and a second press roll. The first press roll includes a first contact part configured to contact an active material portion of a strip-shaped electrode sheet and a second contact part configured to contact an active-material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode sheet. The second contact part has a large frictional-force generating form that causes a larger frictional force to be generated between the second contact part and the active-material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode sheet than an imaginary frictional force which would be generated if the active-material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode sheet were made to contact the first contact part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Kengo HAGA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Kota NAKAMURA, Tomoya SUZUKI, Hideji NAITO, Yoshihide ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20220293911Abstract: A roll press apparatus forms a compressed strip-shaped electrode plate by roll-pressing a strip-shaped electrode plate including an active material portion and an active material absent portion and including a tensile-force-ratio adjustment mechanism adjusting a tensile force ratio of an upstream active material absent portion tensile force applied to an upstream side and a downstream active material absent portion tensile force applied to a downstream side of an inter-roll active material absent portion held in a non-compressed state between a pair of press rolls in an active material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicants: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kengo HAGA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Kota NAKAMURA, Tomoya SUZUKI, Hideji NAITO, Yoshihide ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20220285663Abstract: A roll press apparatus for producing a compressed strip-shaped electrode sheet from a strip-shaped electrode sheet including an active material portion and an active-material absent portion is provided with a pair of press rolls arranged in parallel with a roll gap and configured to roll-press the strip-shaped electrode sheet being conveyed in a longitudinal direction for compression to form a compressed active material layer, and an active-material-absent-portion stretching unit arranged upstream of the press rolls and configured to stretch the active-material absent portion of the strip-shaped electrode sheet in the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Tomofumi HIRUKAWA, Tetsumasa MARUO, Kengo HAGA, Kota NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20220223908Abstract: To provide a method for production of an all-solid-state battery in which cracking of the ends of the electrodes can be suppressed even if a negative electrode active material layer including lithium-titanium oxide is roll-pressed, provided is a method for the production of an all-solid-state battery, including roll-pressing to consolidate a negative electrode active material layer; wherein the all-solid-state battery has a structure including a laminate of a positive electrode current collector layer, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector layer in this order, the negative electrode active material layer includes a lithium-titanium oxide as a negative electrode active material, and prior to the roll-pressing, a stress relaxation rate of the negative electrode active material layer is 32.5% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Kota Nakamura, Hideki Asadachi, Norihiro Ose, Yoshihide Enomoto, Tomoya Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220109137Abstract: A method for producing an electrode sheet includes a first feeding process, a roll press process, and a second feeding process, which are performed in this order. At least one of a first tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the first feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the first feeding process and a second tension per unit area obtained by dividing a tension applied to the electrode sheet in a longitudinal direction in the second feeding process by a cross-sectional area of the electrode sheet being fed in the second feeding process is 5.0 MPa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Kota NAKAMURA, Tomofumi HIRUKAWA
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Publication number: 20200343174Abstract: A semiconductor device is a substrate inserted lead-type semiconductor device to be mounted through insertion of a plurality of lead terminals into a plurality of respective through holes of a substrate. The semiconductor device includes: an energization controller including a semiconductor element and wiring; a sealing resin to cover the energization controller; and the lead terminals each having one end side connected to the energization controller and the other end side protruding from the sealing resin. The lead terminals each have a protrusion formed on a part of the other end side protruding from the sealing resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kota NAKAMURA, Hiromi TOMINAGA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Hidenori SHIGEOKA
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Publication number: 20200303770Abstract: To provide a method for production of an all-solid-state battery in which cracking of the ends of the electrodes can be suppressed even if a negative electrode active material layer including lithium-titanium oxide is roll-pressed, provided is a method for the production of an all-solid-state battery, including roll-pressing to consolidate a negative electrode active material layer; wherein the all-solid-state battery has a structure including a laminate of a positive electrode current collector layer, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer, the negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector layer in this order, the negative electrode active material layer includes a lithium-titanium oxide as a negative electrode active material, and prior to the roll-pressing, a stress relaxation rate of the negative electrode active material layer is 32.5% or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kota Nakamura, Hideki Asadachi, Norihiro Ose, Yoshihide Enomoto, Tomoya Suzuki
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Patent number: 10542910Abstract: The wearable measurement device includes a mounting part for mounting the device to a human body, a variation detection part detecting a variation in distance from a predetermined portion of the human body, a posture detection part detecting a posture of the variation detection part in the case where the device is mounted to the human body through the mounting part, and a measurement part measuring the number of predetermined motions based on the variation detected by the variation detection part and the posture detected by the posture detection part. The variation detection part includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, makes the light emitting unit emit light and the light receiving unit detect reflection light reflected at a predetermined portion, detects a distance from the predetermined portion and outputs an electric signal (voltage or current) in accordance with the detected distance at a predetermined sampling cycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoki Tanimura, Shinichi Tanaka, Shin Sugiyama, Kota Nakamura, Takeshi Ojio, Akifusa Nakazawa, Shigenori Kitani, Yuki Chiyoda, Kaori Okazaki, Saki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20170049361Abstract: The wearable measurement device includes a mounting part for mounting the device to a human body, a variation detection part detecting a variation in distance from a predetermined portion of the human body, a posture detection part detecting a posture of the variation detection part in the case where the device is mounted to the human body through the mounting part, and a measurement part measuring the number of predetermined motions based on the variation detected by the variation detection part and the posture detected by the posture detection part. The variation detection part includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, makes the light emitting unit emit light and the light receiving unit detect reflection light reflected at a predetermined portion, detects a distance from the predetermined portion and outputs an electric signal (voltage or current) in accordance with the detected distance at a predetermined sampling cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Motoki TANIMURA, Shinichi TANAKA, Shin SUGIYAMA, Kota NAKAMURA, Takeshi OJIO, Akifusa NAKAZAWA, Shigenori KITANI, Yuki CHIYODA, Kaori OKAZAKI, Saki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20170042468Abstract: The wearable measurement device includes a mounting part for mounting the device to a human body, a variation detection part detecting the movement of a predetermined portion of the human body while not being in contact with the predetermined portion, and a measurement part measuring the number of predetermined motions or time of motion based on the movement detected by the variation detection part. The variation detection part includes a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, makes the light emitting unit emit light and the light receiving unit detect reflection light reflected at a predetermined portion, detects a distance from the predetermined portion and outputs an electric signal (voltage or current) in accordance with the detected distance at a predetermined sampling cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Motoki TANIMURA, Shinichi TANAKA, Shin SUGIYAMA, Kota NAKAMURA, Takeshi OJIO, Akifusa NAKAZAWA, Shigenori KITANI, Yuki CHIYODA, Kaori OKAZAKI, Saki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20160194788Abstract: An elastic monofilament includes a core-sheath composite structure, wherein a ratio of a core component is 2 to 40% by volume, the core component is a thermoplastic polyester having, in a polymer, 95 to 100% by mass of a thermoplastic polyester unit, and a sheath component is a copolymeric thermoplastic elastomer having a hard segment and a soft segment, and wherein the monofilament has a diameter of 0.1 to 1.0 mm, and a tensile strength of 0.3 to 3.0 cN/dtex.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Kota Nakamura, Hidetoshi Sakai, Takuya Ryomoto