Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Kato

Noriyuki Kato 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: 20240128430
    Abstract: An electrode body including a current collector and an electrode layer that includes layers in the order of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer from the current collector side in a thickness direction. The first electrode layer includes an end surface A, and the second electrode layer includes an end surface B. In a cross-sectional view in the thickness direction, the end surface A includes an end part A1 in the current collector side, and an end part A2 in the second electrode layer side, and the end surface B includes an end part B1 in the first electrode layer side, and an end part B2 in an opposite side to the first electrode layer; the end surface A includes, in a vertical direction to the thickness direction, and a first inclination part in which the end part A1 protrudes form the end part A2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Katsushi Enokihara, Kiminori Unno, Kenji Koura, Takeshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 11960056
    Abstract: Provided is an optical lens formed by integrally molding a lens part that is an optically effective portion and has a light incidence/emission surface, and a lens edge part that is an optically ineffective portion and has a surface thereof except the light incidence/emission surface. The lens edge part includes a non-transparent region in part or all thereof, the lens part and the lens edge part include a thermoplastic resin, and the non-transparent region in the lens edge part contains a total of 0.1-5 mass % of one or more of a black dye and a black pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Atsushi Motegi, Kentaro Ishihara, Katsushi Nishimori, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kensuke Oshima, Masahiro Kanda, Shoko Suzuki, Tatsunobu Ogata, Mitsutake Suematsu
  • Patent number: 11952460
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20240105903
    Abstract: A production device of an electrode member to be used for a battery, the production device including: a backup roll configured to support a current collector to be carried; a first die configured to form a first coating layer by coating the current collector on the backup roll with a first slurry; and a second die configured to form a second coating layer by coating the first coating layer on the backup roll with a second slurry, wherein each of the first die and the second die are independent; and when horizontal direction is regarded as a reference 0°, perpendicular downward is regarded as +90°, and perpendicular upward is regarded as ?90°, a discharge angle of the second slurry in the second die is ?90° or more and +60° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsushi ENOKIHARA, Noriyuki Kato, Kiminori Unno, Kenji Koura, Takeshi Kondo
  • Publication number: 20240106289
    Abstract: A stator includes a cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of coils having segment conductors inserted through the plurality of slots and extending in axial direction, a coolant flow channel through which coolant flows is formed between outer circumferential surface of the segment conductor and inner circumferential surface of the slot, the outer circumferential surface of the segment conductor includes first flat surface facing radial direction, second flat surface facing circumferential direction, and a corner portion curved surface connecting the first flat surface and the second flat surface, the corner portion curved surface includes first curved surface continuous with the first flat surface and second curved surface continuous with the second flat surface, and when seen in cross-sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction, radius of curvature of the first curved surface is greater than radius of curvature of the second curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kentaro Fukui, Shinji Kato, Takashi Wakui, Noriyuki Yagi
  • Patent number: 11915084
    Abstract: An antenna device is provided as a near-field communication antenna device that is configured by arranging a plurality of loop antennas. Each loop antenna includes a plurality of parallel circuits each having a capacitor and a resistance element; and a plurality of looped conductors in a shape of a loop that is divided. The divided looped conductors are connected to each other via the parallel circuits, and the plurality of looped conductors and the plurality of parallel circuits form a loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Murayama, Noboru Kato, Noriyuki Ueki, Yoichi Saito, Makoto Yasutake
  • Publication number: 20230399510
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin including a constituent unit (A) derived from a monomer represented by general formula (1). In general formula (1), R1 and R11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl group having 6-12 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and X represents one of general formulas (a) to (d). In general formulas (a) to (d), R21 to R57 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, or a linear or branched alkoxy group having 1-7 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Shinya IKEDA, Atsushi MOTEGI, Tatsunobu OGATA, Yutaro HARADA, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Kentaro ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230391704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylmethane compounds of the formula (I), which suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. R1 , R2 are e.g. hydrogen; Y is an alkylene group having 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, Ar is selected from mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl; X1, X2, X3, X4 are CH, C—Rx or N, provided that in each ring at most two of X1, X2, X3, X4 are N; Rx is e.g. halogen, CN or CH?CH2. The invention also relates to thermoplastic resins comprising a polymerized unit of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Karl REUTER, Vasyl ANDRUSHKO, Mark KANTOR, Florian STOLZ, Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko MURATA, Kensuke OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230295373
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for an optical material is provided. The thermoplastic resin composition contains a compounding agent represented by general formula (1). (In general formula (1), R1 to R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in total which may have a substituent; R6 to R9 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in total which may have a substituent; and R10 represents a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to carbon atoms in total.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shinya IKEDA, Atsushi MOTEGI, Shoko MURATA SUZUKI, Noriaki OCHI, Masahiro KANDA, Masayuki NAGAI, Takami MORISHITA, Shinichi IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11760712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to triarylmethane compounds of the formula (I), which suitable as monomers for preparing thermoplastic resins having beneficial optical properties and which can be used for producing optical devices. R1, R2 are e.g. hydrogen; Y is an alkylene group having 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, Ar is selected from mono- or polycyclic aryl and mono- or polycyclic hetaryl; X1, X2, X3, X4 are CH, C—Rx or N, provided that in each ring at most two of X1, X2, X3, X4 are N; Rx is e.g. halogen, CN or CH?CH2. The invention also relates to thermoplastic resins comprising a polymerized unit of the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Reuter, Vasyl Andrushko, Mark Kantor, Florian Stolz, Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Murata, Kensuke Oshima
  • Patent number: 11732088
    Abstract: A polyester carbonate resin is provided and includes a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (1), a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (2), and a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (3): wherein R represents hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein Q represents the following: wherein n and m each independently represent an integer of 0 to 5, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Hirakawa, Noriyuki Kato, Eiichi Honda, Yasuaki Yoshimura, Yuichiro Satake
  • Publication number: 20230235117
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition that is highly fluid and has good moldability, and that has excellent optical properties. More specifically, provided is a resin composition that contains a thermoplastic resin and a specific compounding agent containing a naphthalene structure and/or a fluorene structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsutake SUEMATSU, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Katsushi NISHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20230236340
    Abstract: An optical film is provided in which a wavelength dispersion characteristic at a wavelength of 400 nm to 800 nm satisfies the following general formula (1): ? ? ? ? ? 5 ? 5 ? 0 = a ? ? - b ( 1 ) wherein a has a value of 1500<a<6600, b has a value of 1.17<b<1.27, ?? represents a photoelastic coefficient at an arbitrary wavelength ? nm in a range of 400 nm to 800 nm, and ?550 represents a photoelastic coefficient at a wavelength of 550 nm and which has a thickness of 10 m to 1000 m, can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki KATO, Shinya IKEDA, Manabu HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230192951
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin which maintains favorable properties as an optical material while having fluidity suitable for molding. Furthermore, provided are an optical lens and an optical film that use the polycarbonate resin. The polycarbonate resin is characterized by comprising a component unit (A) expressed by general formula (1) and a component unit (B) expressed by general formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsutake SUEMATSU, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Yutaro HARADA, Shoko MURATA SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230179807
    Abstract: [Object] To solve various issues caused upon operation of real-time video sharing services and to improve the quality of the services. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus includes a controller that performs control such that a piece of video data with a point of view of a video distribution terminal is distributed to a video viewing terminal of a viewer, the piece of video data being discretionarily selected by the viewer from at least one piece of video data with a different point of view, the video distribution terminal being from among at least one video distribution terminal of at least one camera operator who is in a real space that corresponds to an area set on a plan, the at least one piece of video data being at least one piece of data of a video that is being captured using the at least one video distribution terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: NORIYUKI KATO
  • Publication number: 20230127329
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lactone compound having excellent radical trapping performance. Provided is a lactone compound represented by Formula (I). L represents a linking group represented by Formula (L1) or Formula (L2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazufumi OMURA, Noriyuki KATO
  • Patent number: 11634558
    Abstract: An optical resin material for chromatic aberration correction is provided including at least 5% by mass of a compound (component A) represented by formula (1) or formula (3), in which R1 to R6 each independently represent a structure represented by formula (2), in which the broken line represents a binding site; n1 represents an integer of 0 to 3; n2 represents an integer of 0 or 1; n3 represents an integer of 0 to 4; R7 represents hydrogen, an acryl group, a methacryl group, a cyanoacryl group, a cyclic ether group, an allyl group, a propargyl group, a hydroxy group, an isocyanate group, chlorine, or an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; and X represents an alkylene glycol chain having 2 to 7 carbon atoms or a lactone-modified ketone chain, in which R1 to R6 each independently represent a structure represented by formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kosuke Namiki, Sunao Nojima, Shoko Suzuki, Noriyuki Kato, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Publication number: 20230109138
    Abstract: A resin composition contains: a resin containing a constituent unit (A) represented by general formula (1); and a resin containing a constituent unit (B) represented by formula (2) and/or a constituent unit (C) represented by formula (3). (R1 represents a methyl group or an ethyl group, R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents 0 or 1.) (Ra and Rb represent a hydrogen atom, etc., Rh represents an aryl group of 6-20 carbons, X represents a single bond or a fluorene group, A and B represent an alkylene group of 1-4 carbons, m and n represent integers 0-6, and a and b represent integers 0-10.) (Rc and Rd represent a hydrogen atom, etc., Y represents a fluorene group, A and B represent an alkylene group of 1-4 carbons, p and q represent integers 0-4, and a and b represent integers 0-10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuaki YOSHIMURA, Mitsuteru KONDO, Noriyuki KATO, Eiichi HONDA, Manabu HIRAKAWA, Yuichiro SATAKE, Katsushi NISHIMORI, Shoko MURATA SUZUKI, Tatsuki NYUUI, Mitsutake SUEMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220380532
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori SHIRATAKE, Kentaro ISHIHARA, Koji HIROSE, Shinya IKEDA, Noriyuki KATO, Mitsuteru KONDO, Shoko SUZUKI, Kensuke OSHIMA, Shuya NAGAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11440991
    Abstract: The present application provides a polycarbonate resin composition which has a high refractive index and a low Abbe number, and high thermal stability. The polycarbonate resin composition according to one embodiment of the present application includes a polycarbonate resin and an antioxidant, wherein the polycarbonate resin contains a constituent unit represented by general formula (1) (in general formula (1), X represents an alkylene group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1-10), and the antioxidant content is 1-3000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Munenori Shiratake, Kentaro Ishihara, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Shoko Suzuki, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama