Patents by Inventor Shoji Sugiyama
Shoji Sugiyama 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: 20230411787Abstract: [Problem] To provide a pasting paper for lead acid batteries compatibly achieving inhibition of electrolyte stratification, a high-rate dischargeability, and charge acceptability in a lead acid battery to be used in an ISS system. [Means for Resolution] A pasting paper for lead acid batteries, which is a nonwoven fabric composed of an insulating fiber and an electrically conductive material, wherein the average fiber diameter in the nonwoven fabric is 2.0 ?m or less, and the coefficient of variation of sheet resistivity of the nonwoven fabric indicating that the electrically conductive material is distributed in a non-uniform manner in the nonwoven fabric is 0.03 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: ENTEK ASIA INCInventor: Shoji SUGIYAMA
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Publication number: 20230411788Abstract: [Problem] To provide an optimum separator that simultaneously has basic physical properties essential for the characteristics of a separator for valve-regulated lead acid batteries and liquid absorbability while taking into account the improvement of the battery capacity and battery life and the good battery assembly performance. [Solution] The aspect ratio (average fiber length/average fiber diameter) of a glass fiber in a separator is 130 to 205, the tensile strength of the separator is 0.20 N/mm2 or more, and the elongation percentage at break of the separator is 2.0% or more and less than 9.0%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2020Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: ENTEK ASIA INCInventors: Shoji SUGIYAMA, Masayasu WADA
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Publication number: 20230078669Abstract: [Problem] To provide a separator (AGM separator) for valve-regulated lead acid batteries that does not undergo delamination due to bonding between the separators even under severe conditions (a pressure in winding, a high temperature and a high humidity in transportation and storage). [Means for Resolution] A separator (AGM separator) for valve-regulated lead acid batteries, containing a microglass fiber and a heat-fusible organic fiber, the separator having a thickness under a pressure of 20 kPa of more than 0.50 mm and less than 1.80 mm and having a bonding strength between the separators after being left for 48 hours under a pressure of 5 to 10 kPa in an environment of a temperature of 70° C. and a humidity of 75?% of less than 0.10 N.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: ENTEK Asia IncInventors: Shoji SUGIYAMA, Keita MORI
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Publication number: 20230077235Abstract: [Problem] To provide a nonwoven fabric (pasting mat) that does not undergo bonding between the nonwoven fabrics (pasting mats) even under severe conditions (a pressure in winding and a high temperature and a high humidity in transportation, storage, and production). [Means for Resolution] A pasting mat for lead acid batteries, containing a microglass fiber and a heat-fusible binder fiber, the pasting mat having a thickness under a pressure of 20 kPa of 0.1 mm or more and 0.5 mm or less, and having a bonding strength between the pasting mats after being left for 48 hours under a pressure of 5 to 10 kPa in an environment of a temperature of 70 to 90° C. and a humidity of 75% of less than 0.05 N.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: ENTEK Asia IncInventors: Keita MORI, Shoji SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 11117542Abstract: A covering member is attached to a case body, on which an actuator detachably holding the other end portion of a tether having one end portion connected to an airbag is mounted, and covers the actuator. The covering member includes an opposing portion that opposes at least a part of the actuator in an attachment direction D to the case body. The covering member includes a side surface portion that is formed to extend from the opposing portion in the attachment direction D and is locked and held by being pushed into the case body in the attachment direction D.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Sano, Ryosuke Muramatsu, Shoji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20200101926Abstract: A covering member is attached to a case body, on which an actuator detachably holding the other end portion of a tether having one end portion connected to an airbag is mounted, and covers the actuator. The covering member includes an opposing portion that opposes at least a part of the actuator in an attachment direction D to the case body. The covering member includes a side surface portion that is formed to extend from the opposing portion in the attachment direction D and is locked and held by being pushed into the case body in the attachment direction D.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kei SANO, Ryosuke MURAMATSU, Shoji SUGIYAMA
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Patent number: 8656126Abstract: Configuration information and a system log are acquired for each of virtual servers running on an external computer, and the acquired system logs are analyzed. Relation information on the relation between the acquired configuration information and a configuration item indicating an existing snapshot, which is acquired from the same virtual server and stored, is extracted on the basis of the analysis result. Identification information for identifying the acquired configuration information is generated on the basis of the extracted relation information, and the acquired configuration information and system log are stored as a configuration item indicating a snapshot in association with the generated identification information.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Yuto Fukui, Shinkichi Hamada, Yohkichi Sasatani, Shoji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20130101887Abstract: A separator for a valve regulated lead-acid battery comprises a paper sheet made by a wet papermaking process, mainly made of glass microfibers, wherein the separator is a structure having a three-layer laminated structure which comprises two thin-fiber layers and one thick-fiber layer, wherein the two thin-fiber layers cover both surfaces of the thick-fiber layer in the thicknesswise direction of the separator to constitute the three-layer laminated structure, wherein each of the thin-fiber layers is made of glass fibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.4 to 1.0 ?m as the glass microfibers and has an average pore diameter of 3.5 ?m or less, and the thick-fiber layer is made of glass fibers having an average fiber diameter of 1.3 to 4.0 ?m as the glass microfibers and has an average pore diameter which is 4.0 ?m or more and which is 1.5 times or more that of the thin-fiber layer, wherein the average fiber diameter of the glass fibers in the all layers of the separator is 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Keita Mori
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Patent number: 8221920Abstract: A separator for a valve regulated lead-acid battery which comprises a paper sheet where very fine glass fiber is a main component, which has a piercing strength (puncture strength) of 4.5 N/mm or more and a tensile strength of 7.0 N/10 mm2 or more. The paper sheet is made by blending 80 to 90% by weight of glass fiber having 1.5 ?m or less average fiber size, 5 to 10% by weight of single-material monofilament-form thermally non-adhesive organic fiber (non-heat-bondable organic fiber) and 5 to 10% by weight of single-material monofilament-form thermally adhesive organic fiber (heat-bondable organic fiber) comprising the same kind of material as in the thermally non-adhesive organic fiber in a wet papermaking process whereupon the fiber materials are bonded each other by thermal fusion of the thermally adhesive organic fiber whereby a coat (film) by melting of the organic fiber is not substantially formed on the surface of the glass fiber.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Masahiro Kawachi, Shoji Sugiyama, Takashi Shidomi
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Publication number: 20120084521Abstract: Configuration information and a system log are acquired for each of virtual servers running on an external computer, and the acquired system logs are analyzed. Relation information on the relation between the acquired configuration information and a configuration item indicating an existing snapshot, which is acquired from the same virtual server and stored, is extracted on the basis of the analysis result. Identification information for identifying the acquired configuration information is generated on the basis of the extracted relation information, and the acquired configuration information and system log are stored as a configuration item indicating a snapshot in association with the generated identification information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Yuto Fukui, Shinkichi Hamada, Yohkichi Sasatani, Shoji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20110217583Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a separator which can improve the valve regulated lead-acid battery both in the pressure lowering prevention effect and the electrolyte stratification prevention effect, and a valve regulated lead-acid battery using the same. The separator for the valve regulated lead-acid battery of the invention is a separator for a valve regulated lead-acid battery, comprising a paper sheet manufactured by a wet papermaking process mainly made of fine glass fibers, which is characterized in that the separator is a structure in which a thin fiber layer comprising glass fibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.5 to 0.8 ?m as the fine glass fibers and a thick fiber layer comprising glass fibers having an average fiber diameter of 1.3 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Keita Mori
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Patent number: 7846545Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a glass fiber package where a glass fiber aggregate which contains alkali-containing glass wool fiber of a very small diameter having an average fiber size of 5 ?m or less or, particularly, less than 1 ?m and containing 5% or more by weight or, particularly, 10% or more by weight of alkali metal oxide components is packed in a compressed state to give a form which is able to be handled as a freight, and in which, fiber breakage (lowering in the fiber length) and fiber adhesion caused by compression packing is hardly resulted even upon a long-term storage whereby the properties inherent to the glass fiber immediately after its manufacture is apt to be maintained; to provide a method for packing the glass fiber; and to provide a glass fiber product using the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Takashi Shidomi, Masahiro Kawachi
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Patent number: 7597781Abstract: This invention provides an inorganic fiber paper that consists essentially of inorganic materials and has a basis weight of less than 100 g/m2 and has been mainly produced by a wet sheet making method. The inorganic fiber paper comprises inorganic fibers and an inorganic binder as materials, wherein the inorganic fibers have been bound to each other with the inorganic binder. In the inorganic fiber paper, the content of impurities during wet sheet making is low, the water resistance and flexibility are good, and satisfactory strength and high porosity can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yuji Katagiri, Shoji Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kakizaki
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Publication number: 20090009519Abstract: A method and system are provided for creating a font set in an X Window computer system that supports use of prioritization of fields in an X logical font description. Two or more continuous wildcard characters may be applied to one or more fields of the X logical font description. A field with continuous multiple wildcard characters will have a higher priority than a field with fewer or no wildcard characters. Based upon the prioritization of the fields, a font set is created with one or more fonts from a font library.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventor: Shoji Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20080241539Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a glass fiber package where a glass fiber aggregate which contains alkali-containing glass wool fiber of a very small diameter having an average fiber size of 5 ?m or less or, particularly, less than 1 ?m and containing 5% or more by weight or, particularly, 10% or more by weight of alkali metal oxide components is packed in a compressed state to give a form which is able to be handled as a freight, and in which, fiber breakage (lowering in the fiber length) and fiber adhesion caused by compression packing is hardly resulted even upon a long-term storage whereby the properties inherent to the glass fiber immediately after its manufacture is apt to be maintained; to provide a method for packing the glass fiber; and to provide a glass fiber product using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Takashi Shidomi, Masahiro Kawachi
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Publication number: 20080241662Abstract: A separator for a valve regulated lead-acid battery having a piercing strength (puncture strength) of 4.5 N/mm or more and a tensile strength of 7.0 N/10 mm2 or more which includes a paper sheet through wet papermaking process in which 80 to 90% by weight of glass fiber having 1.5 mm or less than average fiber size, 5 to 10% by weight of single-material monofilament-form thermally non-adhesive organic fiber (non-heat-bondable organic fiber) and 5 to 10% by weight of single-material monofilament-form thermally adhesive organic fiber (heat-bondable organic fiber) including the same kind of material as in the above monofilament-form thermally non-adhesive organic fiber (non-heat-bondable organic fiber) are blended in a wet papermaking process whereupon the fiber materials of the above glass fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masahiro Kawachi, Shoji Sugiyama, Takashi Shidomi
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Publication number: 20080014506Abstract: A separator for a lead-acid battery, a pasting paper for a lead-acid battery, a plate for a lead-acid battery, and a lead-acid battery using the same are disclosed. The separator comprises a microporous sheet containing a heavy metal adsorbent comprising a rare earth compound having high heavy metal adsorbability in a neutral region and low heavy metal adsorbability in an acidic region, wherein the heavy metal adsorbent is unevenly distributed in a thickness direction of the sheet, thereby forming the heavy metal adsorbent-containing layer extending in a horizontal direction of the sheet and a layer which does not substantially contain the heavy metal adsorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kakizaki, Takashi Shidomi
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Publication number: 20070292673Abstract: This invention provides an inorganic fiber paper that consists essentially of inorganic materials and has a basis weight of less than 100 g/m2 and has been mainly produced by a wet sheet making method. The inorganic fiber paper comprises inorganic fibers and an inorganic binder as materials, wherein the inorganic fibers have been bound to each other with the inorganic binder. In the inorganic fiber paper, the content of impurities during wet sheet making is low, the water resistance and flexibility are good, and satisfactory strength and high porosity can be realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Yuji Katagiri, Shoji Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kakizaki
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Publication number: 20060281008Abstract: In a separator for use in storage battery of the invention comprising a paper sheet formed by wet process and mainly composed of glass fibers, since the fiber distribution is uniform in the longitudinal and the cross directions of the separator, and the fiber orientation is at random in the longitudinal and the cross directions of the separator, so that the gas recombination reaction is made uniform in the longitudinal and the cross directions as well as the moveability of an electrolyte during charge and discharge is also made uniform, and it can provide higher performance and stabilization of the battery performance, particularly, when it is applied to a valve regulated lead-acid battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2004Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Takuo Mitani, Shoji Sugiyama, Yoshinobu Kakizaki, Makoto Shimizu
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Patent number: 6939645Abstract: A separator for a valve regulated lead acid battery is composed mainly of fine glass fibers and also contains inorganic powder, beaten natural pulp, and heat-weldable organic fibers. The heat-weldable organic fibers have a fineness of 1.5 d (deniers) or less and a fiber length of 1 mm or more, and the amount of the heat-weldable organic fibers is from 3% to 15% by weight. A valve regulated lead acid battery employs the separator.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Sugiyama, Atsushi Asada, Shuhei Nagakubo