Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kondo

Takahiro Kondo 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: 20180086904
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition with which it is possible to obtain a molded article having exceptional low-temperature impact resistance. A thermoplastic elastomer composition is produced that contains a crystalline olefin polymer (A) and an ethylene-?-olefin (C4-20)—unconjugated polyene copolymer (B) that satisfies requirements (1) and (2). (1) The B value represented by the equation: ([EX]+2[Y])/(2×[E]×([X]+[Y])) is 1.20 or higher. [E], [X] and [Y] respectively indicate the molar fraction of structural units derived from ethylene, the molar fraction of structural units derived from C4-20 ?-olefin and the molar fraction of structural units derived from unconjugated polyene, and [EX] indicates the diad chain fraction of structural units derived from ethylene-structural units derived from C4-20 ?-olefin. (2) The molar ratio of structural units derived from ethylene with respect to structural units derived from ?-olefin (C4-20) of copolymer (B) is 40/60-90/10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurita, Mizuki Wakana, Takahiro Kondo, Hideki Mochizuki, Yuji Noguchi, Tatsuya Sakai
  • Patent number: 9915342
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes an ECU. The ECU stores a N?1 speed downshift/a N?2 speed downshift/a N?1 speed upshift/and a hysteresis lines. The hysteresis line is a predetermined distance above the N?1 speed upshift line, and is below the N?2 speed downshift line. The ECU controls the speed of the automatic transmission based on a quantity of state of a vehicle, and the plurality of stored shift lines, and execute, when an N speed is established, a first downshift that changes a speed from the N speed to an N?2 speed, when the quantity of state of the vehicle is in a region above the hysteresis line, after the quantity of state of the vehicle has risen above the N?1 speed downshift line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koshiro Kosaka, Seiji Kuwahara, Takahiro Kondo
  • Publication number: 20180062683
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus of an embodiment includes a movable housing, a main housing, a joint, a cable, and a seal structure. The joint includes a connection portion connected to the movable housing, and a fixed portion connected to the main housing. The cable extends from an inside of the movable housing to an inside of the main housing through an inside of the connection portion and an inside of the fixed portion. The seal structure seals between the movable housing and the connection portion, and seals between the main housing and the fixed portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Masaki NAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9882300
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a terminal housed in the housing and configured to contact a terminal of another connector, a pivoting part pivotably housed in the housing, wherein a contact part configured to contact the housing of the other connector is formed at a first end of the pivoting part and a pressing part configured to press the terminal of the connector is formed at a second end of the pivoting part, and a spring that urges the pivoting part. In connecting the connector to the other connector, the housing of the other connector contacts the contact part to pivot the pivoting part in a first direction to have the pressing part press the terminal of the connector toward the terminal of the other connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru Yamakami, Koichi Kiryu, Takahiro Kondo, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9847613
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing attached to a board; a ground terminal including a ground base disposed in the housing, and a first ground connection part extending from the ground base toward a first end of the housing and to be connected to a ground line of a coaxial cable; and a signal terminal including a signal base that is held in the housing and surrounded by the ground base while being insulated from the ground base, and a first signal connection part extending from the signal base toward the first end of the housing and to be connected to a signal line of the coaxial cable. The ground terminal and the signal terminal are configured to elastically bend at a second end of the housing when the housing is attached to the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170355645
    Abstract: The honeycomb structure body has a dense part at a part in axial direction including a center region of the inflow end face, the dense part having a change ratio of porosity calculated by the following Expression (1) that is 2 to 8%, and has an outside-diameter increasing part, and the honeycomb structure body has a change ratio of average diameter calculated by the following Expression (2) that is 0.2 to 3%, (1?Px/Py)×100, Expression (1): in Expression (1), Px denotes the porosity (%) at the center region of the inflow end face, and Py denotes the porosity (%) of a circumferential region of the inflow end face. (1?Dx/Dy)×100, ??Expression (2): in Expression (2), Dx denotes the average diameter (mm) of the inflow end face, and Dy denotes the average diameter (mm) of the outflow end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Yasushi KATO, Junki MATSUYA
  • Publication number: 20170355164
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure has partition walls defining a plurality of hexagonal cells the partition walls are constituted by combining standard partition walls having a partition wall thickness in a range smaller than ±10% to an average partition wall thickness of the partition walls, wide partition walls having a partition wall thickness of +10% or more to the average partition wall thickness, and narrow partition walls having a partition wall thickness of ?10% or less to the average partition wall thickness, and a non-standard partition wall ratio is in a range of 10% to 30% which is a ratio occupied by a subtotal number of non-standard partition walls obtained by adding the wide partition walls and the narrow partition walls in a total number of the partition walls which is obtained by adding the numbers of the standard partition walls, the wide partition walls and the narrow partition walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi KATO, Takahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170356545
    Abstract: In a case where intermediate gear stage fault occurs, an electronic control unit determines, using a predetermined relationship for determining gear stage switching between a gear stage on a lower side than the intermediate gear stage by one stage and the intermediate gear stage, whether or not to execute gear stage switching between the low gear stage and a gear stage on a higher than the intermediate gear stage by one stage. For example, compared to using a relationship for determining gear stage switching between a gear stage on the higher side and the intermediate gear stage, it is possible to execute gear stage switching between a gear stage on the lower side and a gear stage on the higher side in a low vehicle speed region. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the influence on vehicle behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SAWADA, Takahiro KONDO, Masakazu OWATARI, Tatsuro HATANO, Yoshiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170354912
    Abstract: The honeycomb structure body has a dense part having a change ratio of porosity calculated by the following Expression (1) that is 1 to 5%. The honeycomb structure body also has an outside-diameter decreasing part in which the outside diameter decreases from the inflow end face to the outflow end face. The honeycomb structure body has a change ratio of average diameter calculated by the following Expression (2) that is 0.2 to 3%. (1?Px/Py)×100,??Expression (1): in Expression (1), Px denotes the porosity (%) at the center region of the outflow end face, and Py denotes the porosity (%) of a circumferential region of the outflow end face other than the center region. (1?Dx/Dy)×100,??Expression (2): in Expression (2), Dx denotes the average diameter (mm) of the outflow end face, and Dy denotes the average diameter (mm) of the inflow end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi KATO, Takahiro KONDO, Junki MATSUYA
  • Publication number: 20170331213
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a terminal housed in the housing and configured to contact a terminal of another connector, a pivoting part pivotably housed in the housing, wherein a contact part configured to contact the housing of the other connector is formed at a first end of the pivoting part and a pressing part configured to press the terminal of the connector is formed at a second end of the pivoting part, and a spring that urges the pivoting part. In connecting the connector to the other connector, the housing of the other connector contacts the contact part to pivot the pivoting part in a first direction to have the pressing part press the terminal of the connector toward the terminal of the other connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Tohru YAMAKAMI, Koichi KIRYU, Takahiro KONDO, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170324182
    Abstract: A connector configured to mate with and electrically connect to another connector includes a first contact configured to contact the other connector at a first position, and a second contact having a higher resistance value than the first contact, and configured to contact the other connector at a second position that is closer to the leading end of the connector than is the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Koichi KIRYU, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI, Takahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170306555
    Abstract: Provided is a sizing agent for synthetic fibers, the sizing agent including an organo-modified silicone represented by the following General Formula (1): in which in Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group; R2 represents a group represented by the following General Formula (2); R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 8 to 40 carbon atoms and having an aromatic ring, or an alkyl group having 3 to 22 carbon atoms; R4 represents a group similar to R1, R2 or R3; in a case in which there are numerous R1, R2, R3 or R4, the substituents may be respectively identical with or different from each other; x represents an integer of 0 or more; y and z each represent an integer of 1 or more; and (x+y+z) is 10 to 200, in which in Formula (2), R5 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; AO represents an alkyleneoxy group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms; R6 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; c represents an integer from 0 to 4; f represents an inte
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kana UEDA, Takahiro KONDO, Hirotomo BANKO
  • Publication number: 20170299051
    Abstract: In a control apparatus for a vehicle, when it is not determined that a downshift to a second gear stage should be carried out and an accelerator depression amount change rate is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value when it is determined that a downshift to a first gear stage should be carried out, a single downshift command to the first gear stage is output. When it is not determined that the downshift to the second gear stage should be carried out and the accelerator depression amount change rate is larger than the predetermined value when it is determined that the downshift to the first gear stage should be carried out, a current gear stage is maintained. Therefore, a skip downshift to the second gear stage can be carried out when it is determined that the downshift to the second gear stage should be carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SAWADA, Takahiro KONDO, Yoshiki ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170284218
    Abstract: A seal structure includes: a first member and a second member disposed so as to face a combustion gas flow passage; a third member disposed on the outer side of the combustion gas flow passage; a heat-resistant coating formed on at least one of a first end face and a second end face, on the side of the face closer to the combustion gas flow passage; and a contact part disposed in the first end face and the second end face, further on the outer side than the heat-resistant coating. When the first member and the second member move relatively toward each other, the contact part restricts the relative movement by coming in contact in a state where a clearance is left between the heat-resistant coating and the face facing the heat-resistant coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro KONDO, Shinya HASHIMOTO, Kenta TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170282109
    Abstract: A plugged honeycomb structure in which in a cross section of a honeycomb structure body which is perpendicular to an extending direction of cells, inflow cells are disposed to surround an outflow cell, and the number of the inflow cells is larger than the number of the outflow cells, and the cross section has a plurality of intersecting portions of partition walls each defining the inflow cells which are adjacent to each other, and in 60% or more of a total number of the intersecting portions, a relation between a diameter (D1) of a circle inscribed in the intersecting portion and a diameter (D0) of a circle inscribed in the partition wall defining the inflow cell and the outflow cell which are adjacent to each other satisfies D1/(?2×D0)=1.20 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi HAMAZAKI, Takahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170274326
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure comprising: a honeycomb structure body that includes a plurality of porous partition walls and intersection parts, and a catalyst layer, wherein the porosity of the partition wall is 20 to 70%, the average pore diameter of the pores in the partition wall is 1 to 60 ?m, a plurality of the partition walls includes a notched partition wall having a recessed part in which at least one end is notched, the ratio of the notched partition wall in the partition walls is 1 to 100%, the recessed part of the notched partition wall has a depth of 10 to 200% of the standard length, and the recessed part of the notched partition wall is a part having a width of 33 to 100% of the standard width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yudai KURIMOTO, Shogo HIROSE, Takahiro KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170274366
    Abstract: The honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls, and a plugging portion disposed in one of open ends of each cell, a thickness of the partition walls is 0.30 mm or more and 0.51 mm or less, a cell density is 30 cells/cm2 or more and 93 cells/cm2 or less, a filtration area (cm2) of inflow cells included per cm3 of the honeycomb structure body is defined as an inflow side filtration area G (cm2/cm3), a value obtained by dividing a pore volume Vp (cm3) formed in the partition walls by a total volume Va (L) including the cells is defined as a pore volume ratio A (cm3/L), and in this case, a product of the inflow side filtration area G (cm2/cm3) and the pore volume ratio A (cm3/L) is 1800 cm2/L or more and 3200 cm2/L or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto TERANISHI, Yasushi KATO, Junki MATSUYA, Takahiro HONDA, Takahiro KONDO
  • Patent number: 9759255
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a rotary shaft supporting structure which is capable of supporting a rotary shaft for a longer period. This rotary shaft supporting structure, which supports a rotary shaft on which a thrust collar that protrudes outwards in the radial direction is formed, has: thrust bearings which face the thrust collar, and support, using support surfaces, the thrust collar surfaces that are orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotary shaft; and support mechanisms which support the thrust bearings in the axial direction from the surface side of support surfaces at the opposite side to the thrust collar. The sides of the support mechanisms that face the end surfaces of the thrust bearings are inclined in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the rotary shaft tilts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Kondo
  • Patent number: 9742090
    Abstract: A contact includes a first terminal including a plurality of arms; a second terminal; a spring connecting the arms to the second terminal; and a casing covering the spring, wherein the arms outwardly protrude from one end of the casing, wherein an interval between the arms increases from a side of the casing to front edges of the arms, wherein when the arms are pushed toward the casing the arms are retracted into the casing and contact an inner side of the casing so that the interval between the arms decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170204759
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure having a quadrangular or triangular cross-sectional shape of cells and having specific open cells in which open changing portions are present only in a range of 20 mm or less from the first end face, and the open changing portion satisfies relations of 1?|(1?(D1/D2))×100|?80 and 1?|(1?(D3/D2))×100|?80. D1 indicates a diameter of an inscribed circle which comes in contact with a peripheral edge of the open end of the cell in the first end face. D2 indicates a diameter of the inscribed circle which comes in contact with the peripheral edge of the open end of the cell in the second end face. D3 indicates a diameter of an inscribed circle which comes in contact with a peripheral edge of the cell in a cross section perpendicular to a direction from the first end face toward the second end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junki MATSUYA, Yasushi KATO, Takahiro KONDO