Patents by Inventor Takanori Aoki
Takanori Aoki 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: 11921939Abstract: This information processing system includes: a controller including an operation element to be displaced from an initial position by user's operation, a restoring force imparting section applying a restoring force for returning the displaced operation element to the initial position, a resistance section using a magnetorheological fluid whose viscosity changes with a magnetic-field intensity and which becomes resistance when the operation element is displaced from/to the initial position, and a magnetic field generation section which provides the magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid; and a circuit capable of controlling the magnetic field generation section. The circuit controls a magnetic-field intensity so that the viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid periodically changes at least between a first viscosity state and a second viscosity state in which the viscosity is lower than in the first viscosity state so that the operation element returns to the initial position by the restoring force.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takafumi Aoki, Takanori Okamura
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Patent number: 11427907Abstract: Provided is a gas supply apparatus for supplying a gas compound obtained by vaporizing a liquid compound to a target location, the gas supply apparatus comprising: a storage vessel capable of storing the liquid compound; a gas compound supply pipeline, one end of which is connected to the storage vessel, and another end of which is capable of being disposed at the target location; and a temperature control device configured to adjust a temperature of the gas compound or the liquid compound within the storage vessel to be equal to or lower than a surrounding temperature of the gas compound supply pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Katsumi Mikami
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Publication number: 20220251703Abstract: A gas supply method for supplying a gas compound obtained by vaporizing a liquid compound stored in a storage vessel to a target location through a gas compound supply pipeline, the gas supply method including adjusting a temperature of the liquid compound or the gas compound within the storage vessel to be equal to or lower than a surrounding temperature of the gas compound supply pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Katsumi Mikami
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Patent number: 11319278Abstract: Provided is a method for producing glycine, in which on synthesizing glycine from glycinonitrile, glycine can be obtained in a higher yield than that in the conventional method. The present invention relates to a method for producing glycine, including allowing glycinonitrile and water to react with each other in the presence of a cerium compound, optionally adding ammonia thereto, to obtain glycine.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Akira Shibuya, Takamitsu Kobayashi, Hideo Miyata, Shinya Tsukamoto, Manabu Kuwajima, Motoki Murai
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Publication number: 20210292273Abstract: Provided is a method for producing glycine, in which on synthesizing glycine from glycinonitrile, glycine can be obtained in a higher yield than that in the conventional method. The present invention relates to a method for producing glycine, including allowing glycinonitrile and water to react with each other in the presence of a cerium compound, optionally adding ammonia thereto, to obtain glycine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Akira SHIBUYA, Takamitsu KOBAYASHI, Hideo MIYATA, Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Motoki MURAI
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Patent number: 10953807Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a roof that defines a volume and includes a top surface. The vehicle further includes a plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes a plurality of actuators each coupled to at least one of the plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes an input device configured to receive user input corresponding to a desired roof rack configuration. The vehicle further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the plurality of actuators and to the input device and configured to control the plurality of actuators to actuate at least one of the plurality of support members to be in a raised position in which it extends above the top surface of the roof or to be in a stored position in which it is located in the volume based on the desired roof rack configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Geoffrey David Gaither, Takanori Aoki, Abril Galang
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Patent number: 10946852Abstract: A method may include predicting an acceleration event of a vehicle. The method may further include predicting a maximum speed of the predicted acceleration event. The method may also include determining an engine start time based on the predicted maximum speed. The method may still further include starting an engine of the vehicle at the engine start time.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Colorado State University Research FoundationInventors: Joshua Payne, Heraldo Stefanon, Benjamin Geller, Takanori Aoki, Thomas Bradley, Zachary Asher, David Trinko
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Patent number: 10774037Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a specified ?-amino acid, the method including allowing a specified ?-amino acid amide and water to react with each other in the presence of a zirconium compound which contains zirconium and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of lithium, nickel, copper, zinc, cesium, barium, hafnium, tantalum, cerium, and dysprosium.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Akira Shibuya, Takamitsu Kobayashi, Hideo Miyata, Shinya Tsukamoto, Manabu Kuwajima, Motoki Murai
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Publication number: 20200266469Abstract: An ammonia removal material to be used for obtaining a mixed gas (B) having an ammonia concentration of 0.1 mol ppm or less from a mixed gas (A) including hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia and having an ammonia concentration exceeding 0.1 mol ppm, the ammonia removal material containing zeolite having a pore size of 0.5 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less, a method for removing ammonia from the mixed gas using the ammonia removal material, and a method for producing a hydrogen gas for a fuel cell automobile, the method including the method for removing ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, SHOWA DENKO K.K., TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitsugu KOJIMA, Takanori AOKI, Tadahiro FUJITANI, Takayoshi ADACHI, Hidehito KUBO
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Publication number: 20200261841Abstract: Ammonia removal equipment including a first ammonia removal apparatus that removes ammonia in a mixed gas containing hydrogen and ammonia, a second ammonia removal apparatus that is installed at a stage subsequent to the first ammonia removal apparatus and that treats a first treated gas treated by the first ammonia removal apparatus, and a first ammonia concentration measurement apparatus that measures the ammonia concentration in the first treated gas treated by the first ammonia removal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicants: SHOWA DENKO K. K., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Takanori AOKI, Yoshitsugu KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20200094809Abstract: A method may include predicting an acceleration event of a vehicle. The method may further include predicting a maximum speed of the predicted acceleration event. The method may also include determining an engine start time based on the predicted maximum speed. The method may still further include starting an engine of the vehicle at the engine start time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Colorado State University Research FoundationInventors: Joshua Payne, Heraldo Stefanon, Benjamin Geller, Takanori Aoki, Thomas Bradley, Zachary Asher, David Trinko
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Publication number: 20200079293Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a roof that defines a volume and includes a top surface. The vehicle further includes a plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes a plurality of actuators each coupled to at least one of the plurality of support members. The vehicle further includes an input device configured to receive user input corresponding to a desired roof rack configuration. The vehicle further includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the plurality of actuators and to the input device and configured to control the plurality of actuators to actuate at least one of the plurality of support members to be in a raised position in which it extends above the top surface of the roof or to be in a stored position in which it is located in the volume based on the desired roof rack configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Geoffrey David Gaither, Takanori Aoki, Abril Galang
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Publication number: 20190292660Abstract: Provided is a gas supply apparatus for supplying a gas compound obtained by vaporizing a liquid compound to a target location, the gas supply apparatus comprising: a storage vessel capable of storing the liquid compound; a gas compound supply pipeline, one end of which is connected to the storage vessel, and another end of which is capable of being disposed at the target location; and a temperature control device configured to adjust a temperature of the gas compound or the liquid compound within the storage vessel to be equal to or lower than a surrounding temperature of the gas compound supply pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Katsumi MIKAMI
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Publication number: 20190161434Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a specified ?-amino acid, the method including allowing a specified ?-amino acid amide and water to react with each other in the presence of a zirconium compound which contains zirconium and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of lithium, nickel, copper, zinc, cesium, barium, hafnium, tantalum, cerium, and dysprosium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Takanori AOKI, Akira SHIBUYA, Takamitsu KOBAYASHI, Hideo MIYATA, Shinya TSUKAMOTO, Manabu KUWAJIMA, Motoki MURAI
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Patent number: 10266552Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide and develop novel agricultural and horticultural insecticides in view of the still immense damage caused by insect pests etc. and the emergence of insect pests resistant to existing insecticides in crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like. Provided are a condensed heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): {wherein R1 represents an ethyl group, R2 represents a cycloalkyl group, R3 represents a haloalkyl group, A, A2 and A3 each represent a nitrogen atom or a CH group, A1 represents N-Me, m represents 0 or 2, and n represents 1} or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ikki Yonemura, Akiyuki Suwa, Soichiro Matsuo, Takanori Aoki
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Patent number: 10202048Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to preemptively controlling one or more vehicle systems of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to (i) detecting that a present traffic level along a route of the vehicle satisfies a congestion threshold and (ii) detecting that a type of roadway on which the vehicle is traveling is a highway, determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane by identifying whether a number of passengers in the vehicle satisfies an HOV threshold. The method includes adjusting the one or more vehicle systems within the vehicle according to whether the number of passengers satisfies the HOV threshold to cause the vehicle to operate efficiently while traveling along the route with the present traffic level.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Shannon Alicia Wrobel, Heraldo F. Stefanon, Takanori Aoki
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Publication number: 20190001836Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to preemptively controlling one or more vehicle systems of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to (i) detecting that a present traffic level along a route of the vehicle satisfies a congestion threshold and (ii) detecting that a type of roadway on which the vehicle is traveling is a highway, determining whether the vehicle is traveling in a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane by identifying whether a number of passengers in the vehicle satisfies an HOV threshold. The method includes adjusting the one or more vehicle systems within the vehicle according to whether the number of passengers satisfies the HOV threshold to cause the vehicle to operate efficiently while traveling along the route with the present traffic level.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Joshua D. Payne, Shannon Alicia Wrobel, Heraldo F. Stefanon, Takanori Aoki
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Publication number: 20180323457Abstract: An ammonia removal material to be used for obtaining a mixed gas (B) having an ammonia concentration of 0.1 mol ppm or less from a mixed gas (A) including hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia and having an ammonia concentration exceeding 0.1 mol ppm, the ammonia removal material containing zeolite having a pore size of 0.5 nm or more and 2.0 nm or less, a method for removing ammonia from the mixed gas using the ammonia removal material, and a method for producing a hydrogen gas for a fuel cell automobile, the method including the method for removing ammonia.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicants: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, SHOWA DENKO K.K., TAIYO NIPPON SANSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitsugu KOJIMA, Takanori AOKI, Tadahiro FUJITANI, Takayoshi ADACHI, Hidehito KUBO
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Patent number: 10081267Abstract: Transition is made from a motor single-drive mode to a motor dual-drive mode while there is a margin in torque output from a motor MG2 with respect to rated torque. With this, the torque of the motor MG1 is changed slowly in the motor dual-drive mode, whereby it is possible to suppress the generation of vibration (shock) due to torsion of a damper and to compensate for a shortage of the torque of the motor MG1 due to slow change processing with an increase in torque from the motor MG2. As a result, it is possible to achieve both of reduction of a shock due to the torque of the motor MG1 and output of required torque to a drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takanori Aoki, Koji Hokoi, Koji Yoshihara
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Patent number: 10059330Abstract: A system for improving performance or efficiency of operation of a vehicle. The system includes a sensor configured to detect current vehicle speed data and current vehicle slope data. The system includes a pedal control unit configured to detect current pedal position data. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to determine expected driving power demand based on current vehicle speed data and vehicle slope data. The ECU is configured to determine detected driving power demand based on current pedal position data. The ECU is configured to detect a drafting condition when the expected driving power demand exceeds the detected driving power demand. The ECU is configured to adjust, when the drafting condition is detected, at least one of a chassis control setting, an engine control setting, a transmission control setting, or a hybrid control setting to improve performance or efficiency of operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Geoffrey D. Gaither, Takanori Aoki