Patents by Inventor Takanori Nakashima
Takanori Nakashima 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: 11807217Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a travelling control unit configured to control an engine travelling and a non-engine travelling of a hybrid vehicle, and perform switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling in a case where a depression amount of an accelerator of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined depression threshold while the hybrid vehicle travels based on the non-engine travelling, and a switching suppression unit configured to suppress the switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling by the travelling control unit while the hybrid vehicle travels in a short time depression area where depression of the accelerator does not continue for a period equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Saito, Takanori Nakashima, Tomohiro Shibata, Masashi Eto
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Patent number: 11752997Abstract: A control device is provided, which includes: a route determining unit configured to determine a travelling route of a hybrid vehicle; a travelling time estimating unit configured to, in a case where the travelling route includes an engine travelling restricted section and an engine requiring section, in which engine travelling is required, exists before the engine travelling restricted section in the travelling route, estimate a travelling time during which the hybrid vehicle travels from the beginning of the engine requiring section to the engine travelling restricted section; and a vehicle control unit configured to cause the hybrid vehicle to start the engine before the engine requiring section when the travelling time is shorter than a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Nakashima, Takeshi Saito, Tomohiro Shibata, Masashi Eto, Shinya Miwa
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Publication number: 20230067041Abstract: A vehicle control device is configured to cause a vehicle to travel in a first mode when an enlargement mode is set, a driving force required for traveling of the vehicle is less than a value, and a capacity of a power storage is equal to or more than a first threshold, operate an internal combustion engine to cause the vehicle to travel in a second mode in response to the driving force becoming equal to or larger than the value when the enlargement mode is set and the vehicle is caused to travel in the first mode, and continue the enlargement mode when the capacity at a time when the driving force becomes equal to or more than the value is equal to or larger than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and cancel the enlargement mode when the capacity is less than the second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Futoshi OGURA, Naoki FUJISHIRO, Takanori NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20220153253Abstract: A vehicle can take a hybrid driving mode in which the vehicle drives by power output by a first motor generator in response to power supply from at least a second motor generator, and an engine driving mode in which the vehicle drives by power output by at least an engine. When a high load section requiring an assist by the first motor generator is detected in the route on which the vehicle is driving in the engine driving mode, a control device of the vehicle predicts the remaining capacity of the battery in the high load section, and based on the remaining capacity, the control device can control the battery in the high load section before reaching the high load section, based on the remaining capacity of the battery in the high load section, and switch to the hybrid driving mode before reaching the high load section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takanori NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20210394743Abstract: Provided is a control apparatus including a travelling control unit configured to control an engine travelling and a non-engine travelling of a hybrid vehicle, and perform switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling in a case where a depression amount of an accelerator of the hybrid vehicle exceeds a predetermined depression threshold while the hybrid vehicle travels based on the non-engine travelling, and a switching suppression unit configured to suppress the switching from the non-engine travelling to the engine travelling by the travelling control unit while the hybrid vehicle travels in a short time depression area where depression of the accelerator does not continue for a period equal to or longer than a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Takeshi SAITO, Takanori NAKASHIMA, Tomohiro SHIBATA, Masashi ETO
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Publication number: 20210253080Abstract: A control device is provided, which includes: a route determining unit configured to determine a travelling route of a hybrid vehicle; a travelling time estimating unit configured to, in a case where the travelling route includes an engine travelling restricted section and an engine requiring section, in which engine travelling is required, exists before the engine travelling restricted section in the travelling route, estimate a travelling time during which the hybrid vehicle travels from the beginning of the engine requiring section to the engine travelling restricted section; and a vehicle control unit configured to cause the hybrid vehicle to start the engine before the engine requiring section when the travelling time is shorter than a predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Takanori NAKASHIMA, Takeshi SAITO, Tomohiro SHIBATA, Masashi ETO, Shinya MIWA
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Patent number: 8957166Abstract: A method for producing a propylene-based polymer, including polymerizing propylene or propylene and an ?-olefin except propylene in the presence of a catalyst with a horizontal polymerization reactor equipped with stirring vanes rotating around a horizontal axis therein by a continuous vapor-phase polymerization, which removes heat of polymerization by heat of vaporization of a liquefied propylene, wherein the reactor can set a plurality of area sections different in temperature in a horizontal direction inside the reactor, and satisfies at least one of i) a temperature difference, ?T1=T??T?, between an area section including an upstream end of the reactor (T?) and a downstream end (T?) thereof is 0.1 to 20° C. and ii) a temperature difference, ?T2=Tx?Tz, between an area section including a catalyst feed part (Tx) and dew point (Tz) of a mix gas in the reactor is 0 to 5° C.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Takanori Nakashima, Kiyoshi Yukawa, Yusuke Yamada, Hajime Aoyama, Nobuhiro Iwai
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Patent number: 8735513Abstract: A propylene polymerization reaction apparatus and a production method of a propylene-based polymer are capable of producing a continuous multi-stage polymer in low cost, high productivity and stably, and significantly reducing generation amount of an off-specification product accompanying change of polymerization condition, in multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method of a propylene-based polymer using a catalyst for olefin polymerization. A reaction apparatus for producing a propylene-based polymer by a multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method is used. One or more reactor of a horizontal-type reactor having inside a stirring machine which rotates around a horizontal axis, and a continuous stirred tank reactor to be connected to the horizontal-type reactor are provided, and a production method of a propylene-based polymer using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Takanori Nakashima, Katsuhiko Oono, Kenji Mitsutani, Takao Tayano, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Shigeo Mizukami, Yusuke Yamada
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Patent number: 8546497Abstract: A propylene polymerization reaction apparatus and a production method of a propylene-based polymer are capable of producing a continuous multi-stage polymer in low cost, high productivity and stably, and significantly reducing generation amount of an off-specification product accompanying change of polymerization condition, in multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method of a propylene-based polymer using a catalyst for olefin polymerization. A reaction apparatus for producing a propylene-based polymer by a multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method is used. One or more reactor of a horizontal-type reactor having inside a stirring machine which rotates around a horizontal axis, and a continuous stirred tank reactor to be connected to the horizontal-type reactor are provided, and a production method of a propylene-based polymer using the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Takanori Nakashima, Katsuhiko Oono, Kenji Mitsutani, Takao Tayano, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Shigeo Mizukami, Yusuke Yamada
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Publication number: 20120302716Abstract: A method for producing a propylene-based polymer, including polymerizing propylene or propylene and an ?-olefin except propylene in the presence of a catalyst with a horizontal polymerization reactor equipped with stirring vanes rotating around a horizontal axis therein by a continuous vapor-phase polymerization, which removes heat of polymerization by heat of vaporization of a liquefied propylene, wherein the reactor can set a plurality of area sections different in temperature in a horizontal direction inside the reactor, and satisfies at least one of i) a temperature difference, ?T1=T??T?, between an area section including an upstream end of the reactor (T?) and a downstream end (T?) thereof is 0.1 to 20° C. and ii) a temperature difference, ?T2=Tx?Tz, between an area section including a catalyst feed part (Tx) and dew point (Tz) of a mix gas in the reactor is 0 to 5° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Takanori Nakashima, Kiyoshi Yukawa, Yusuke Yamada, Hajime Aoyama, Nobuhiro Iwai
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Publication number: 20120264893Abstract: A propylene polymerization reaction apparatus and a production method of a propylene-based polymer are capable of producing a continuous multi-stage polymer in low cost, high productivity and stably, and significantly reducing generation amount of an off-specification product accompanying change of polymerization condition, in multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method of a propylene-based polymer using a catalyst for olefin polymerization. A reaction apparatus for producing a propylene-based polymer by a multi-stage continuous vapor phase polymerization method is used. One or more reactor of a horizontal-type reactor having inside a stirring machine which rotates around a horizontal axis, and a continuous stirred tank reactor to be connected to the horizontal-type reactor are provided, and a production method of a propylene-based polymer using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Takanori Nakashima, Katsuhiko Oono, Kenji Mitsutani, Takao Tayano, Tomoyuki Yoshida, Shigeo Mizukami, Yusuke Yamada
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Patent number: 8232358Abstract: Disclosed is a production method of polypropylene having high MFR value and excellent product qualities with high productivity. The method enables to produce a propylene polymer by a gas phase process where the reaction heat is removed mainly by the heat of vaporization of liquefied propylene. The method is characterized by using a solid catalyst component (A) which is prepared by contacting components (A1), (A2) and (A3) shown below. Further disclosed are: a propylene polymer produced by the method; a propylene polymer composition; and a molded body of the composition. Component (A1): a solid component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as essential components. Component (A2): a vinyl silane compound. Component (A3): an organosilicon compound having an alkoxy group (A3a) and/or a compound having at least two ether bonds (A3b).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Takanori Nakashima, Yuusuke Yamada, Iku Kouzai, Youichi Maeda, Kouji Nakayama, Keiji Fukuda
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Patent number: 7858716Abstract: Disclosed is a production method of polypropylene having high MFR value and excellent product qualities with high productivity. The method enables to produce a propylene polymer by a gas phase process where the reaction heat is removed mainly by the heat of vaporization of liquefied propylene. The method is characterized by using a solid catalyst component (A) which is prepared by contacting components (A1), (A2) and (A3) shown below. Further disclosed are: a propylene polymer produced by the method; a propylene polymer composition; and a molded body of the composition. Component (A1): a solid component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as essential components. Component (A2): a vinyl silane compound. Component (A3): an organosilicon compound having an alkoxy group (A3a) and/or a compound having at least two ether bonds (A3b).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Japan Polypropylene CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Takanori Nakashima, Yuusuke Yamada, Iku Kouzai, Youichi Maeda, Kouji Nakayama, Keiji Fukuda
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Publication number: 20100099811Abstract: Disclosed is a production method of polypropylene having high MFR value and excellent product qualities with high productivity. The method enables to produce a propylene polymer by a gas phase process where the reaction heat is removed mainly by the heat of vaporization of liquefied propylene. The method is characterized by using a solid catalyst component (A) which is prepared by contacting components (A1), (A2) and (A3) shown below. Further disclosed are: a propylene polymer produced by the method; a propylene polymer composition; and a molded body of the composition. Component (A1): a solid component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as essential components. Component (A2): a vinyl silane compound. Component (A3): an organosilicon compound having an alkoxy group (A3a) and/or a compound having at least two ether bonds (A3b).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka KOBAYASHI, Takanori Nakashima, Yuusuke Yamada, Iku Kouzai, Youichi Maeda, Kouji Nakayama, Keiji Fukuda
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Publication number: 20090259006Abstract: Disclosed is a production method of polypropylene having high MFR value and excellent product qualities with high productivity. The method enables to produce a propylene polymer by a gas phase process where the reaction heat is removed mainly by the heat of vaporization of liquefied propylene. The method is characterized by using a solid catalyst component (A) which is prepared by contacting components (A1), (A2) and (A3) shown below. Further disclosed are: a propylene polymer produced by the method; a propylene polymer composition; and a molded body of the composition. Component (A1): a solid component containing titanium, magnesium and a halogen as essential components. Component (A2): a vinyl silane compound. Component (A3): an organosilicon compound having an alkoxy group (A3a) and/or a compound having at least two ether bonds (A3b).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicant: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Takanori Nakashima, Yuusuke Yamada, Iku Kouzai, Youichi Maeda, Kouji Nakayama, Keiji Fukuda
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Patent number: 6815503Abstract: Provided are a novel polypropylene resin composition, a gas permeable film comprising the same and provided with satisfactory optical characteristics (transparency, gloss and see throughness) as well as an excellent gas permeability (water vapor, oxygen and ethylene gas) without damaging a rigidity and a vegetable and fruit freshness long term-maintaining method using the above gas permeable film for a wrapping film. The polypropylene resin composition described above comprises 40 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer (A) and 5 to 60% by weight of an ethylene/propylene/butene random copolymer (B) having a butene content of 3 to 40% by weight and an ethylene content of 10 to 30% by weight, wherein a ratio (&eegr;B/&eegr;A) of an intrinsic viscosity &eegr;B of the component (B) described above to an intrinsic viscosity &eegr;A of the component (A) described above falls in a range of 0.5 to 1.3; and the &eegr;B described above falls in a range of 0.5 to 3.0 dl/g.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical CorporationInventors: Shinji Nakata, Yasuhiro Shiraishi, Takanori Nakashima, Shinichi Akitaya
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Patent number: 6716921Abstract: A propylene resin composition is constructed so as to contain (A) a propylene-&agr;-olefin random copolymer with the content of a propylene unit of 99.1 to 99.9% by weight, and (B) a propylene-&agr;-olefin random copolymer with the content of a propylene unit of 70 to 90% by weight, in the specified proportion, and to have the specified loss tangent (tan &dgr;) and storage elastic modulus (E′), in the temperature dependence of dynamic viscoelasticity. Thereby, the propylene resin composition is provided, suitable as a raw material for shaped article having a well-balanced combination of transparency, stress-whitening resistance; impact resistance at low temperatures, and further heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Takanori Nakashima, Shinichi Akitaya, Yuya Ishimoto, Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Yoshitaka Morimoto, Yoshitaka Sumi
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Patent number: 6670027Abstract: To provide a uniaxially oriented polypropylene-based film excellent in tensile elongation along the TD direction and transparence, and generating less fibers when it is torn, a film-forming material which comprises a polypropylene-based resin material consisting of 40 to 95% by weight of crystalline polypropylene, and 60 to 5% by weight of propylene-&agr;-olefin copolymer dispersed as particles in the crystalline polypropylene is uniaxially oriented to afford a uniaxially oriented polypropylene-based film, wherein the particles of the copolymer have an aspect ratio (L/D) of mean dispersed particle length (L) to mean dispersed particle diameter along the film thickness direction (D) of 100 or more in a cross section of the film along the MD direction, and the mean dispersed particle diameter of 0.10 &mgr;m or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1999Date of Patent: December 30, 2003Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Chikashi Okayama, Takanori Nakashima, Noriaki Saito, Hiroyuki Maehara, Yuya Ishimoto
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Patent number: 6555244Abstract: This invention relates to a propylene series resin sheet that has a large tan &dgr; and high frequency welding characteristics, excellent transparency, low-temperature impact resistance, and surface durability. The propylene series resin sheet is characterized by a mixture of a polypropylene series composition with a weight percentage of 50-99% and an ethylene series copolymer with a weight percentage of 1-50%.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignees: Chisso Corporation, Chisso Petrochemical Corp.Inventors: Toshiki Yamamoto, Akinori Maekawa, Takanori Nakashima
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Patent number: 6511755Abstract: The present invention relates to a film using a polypropylene composition comprising crystalline polypropylene and a copolymer of propylene with &agr;-olefin in which a limiting viscosity of the said copolymer [&eegr;]RC is not more than 6.5 dl/g; the ratio of the limiting viscosity of the said polymer [&eegr;]RC to the limiting viscosity of the said crystalline polypropylene [&eegr;]PP is from 0.6 to 1.2; and the product i.e. ([&eegr;]RC/[&eegr;]PP)×(WPP/WRC), of the ratio of the limiting viscosity of the copolymer to the crystalline polypropylene with the ratio by weight of them is within a range of from 0.2 to 4.5 and also relates to a multi-layered film having at least one layer of the said film.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2001Date of Patent: January 28, 2003Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Yoshitaka Morimoto, Takanori Nakashima, Taketo Hirose, Takayuki Hattori, Sinichi Akitaya, Youichi Kugimiya