Patents by Inventor Takayuki Kato
Takayuki 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).
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Patent number: 10056599Abstract: A battery terminal includes a penetrating plate disposed to penetrate annular portions from one end portions of the annular portions to the other end portions of the annular portions with slits interposed therebetween; a fastening bolt supported by a threaded hole of the penetrating plate to be rotatable about an axial direction; and a spacer as a pressing force converting member disposed to come into contact with edge portions of the annular portions from an end portion side of the penetrating plate where the threaded hole is provided, and converts an axial-direction fastening force, which is generated between the fastening bolt and the threaded hole with the rotation of the fastening bolt about the axial direction, into a long-side-direction pressing force that presses the annular portions in a direction, in which intervals of the slits of the annular portions are reduced, of a long-side direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Kato, Takahiro Shiohama, Katsumi Sato, Takashi Yoshida, Hideto Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 10022039Abstract: An endoscope having an adjustable viewing direction. The endoscope including: an endoscope shaft having a longitudinal axis, a first optical unit disposed in the endoscope shaft, the first optical unit having a first prism pivotable about a pivot axis in order to deflect light, a second optical unit having at least a second prism for deflecting light, which is again deflected by the first prism, the second prism being arranged in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the endoscope shaft, wherein the first prism has a light exit surface facing the second prism, and the second prism has a light admission surface facing towards the light exit surface of the first prism, and a lifting mechanism for lifting the first prism such that upon actuating the lifting mechanism the first prism executes a lifting movement in the direction of the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBHInventors: Peter Schouwink, Takayuki Kato
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Patent number: 10020146Abstract: A current interruption device includes: a deforming plate configured to deform when the internal pressure of the casing rises above the predetermined level; a conducting plate which configures the current path; and a contact plate. The conducting plate includes a first contact portion configured to contact the contact plate. The contact plate includes a second contact portion configured to contact the first contact portion. The deforming plate includes a pressure receiving portion configured to receive the internal pressure of the casing and a contacting portion configured to contact the first contact portion. The second contact portion is configured to be separated from the conducting plate by deformation causing the contacting portion to move toward the contact plate. The deforming plate is insulated from the conducting plate and the contact plate. The conducting plate is disposed to be interleaved between the deforming plate and the contact plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoaki Okuda, Satoshi Umemura, Takayuki Kato, Hiroyasu Nishihara, Atsushi Minagata, Hirokuni Akiyama, Toshio Odagiri, Takayuki Hirose, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Toshiaki Iwa
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Patent number: 10003050Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell, a heat transfer plate, and a holder. The heat transfer plate is arranged side by side with the battery cell and has an edge and is thermally coupled to the battery cell. The holder holds the battery cell and that has a cutout section to which the heat transfer plate is fitted. The edge of the heat-transmitting plate has a first engagement section that is at least one of a first recess and a first protrusion. The holder has a second engagement section that is at least one of a second protrusion, which is fitted to the first recess and a second protrusions, which is fitted to the first protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Naoto Morisaku, Takayuki Kato, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Takashi Sakai, Yuki Chujo, Hiromi Ueda, Kazuki Maeda
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Publication number: 20180148540Abstract: A polyamide elastomer comprising a reaction product of components (a), (b), and (c). Component (a) has the formula HOOC—R1—(-NH—CO—R1-)n—NH2 (where each R1 independently is linear saturated hydrocarbon, n represents a real number of 0 or greater, and when the formula contains multiple repeating units each containing R1, n represents a total number of those repeating units) and the Mn of component (a)=4000-10000. Component (b) has the formula HOOC—R2—COOH (where R2 represents a direct bond or a linear saturated hydrocarbon group). Component (c) has the formula H2N—R4—(-O—R4-)m—NH2 (where each R4 independently represents a saturated hydrocarbon group containing 1 or more carbon atoms; m represents a real number of 1 or more; and when the formula contains two or more types of the repeating units each containing R4, m represents a total number of the two or more types of the repeating units each containing R4).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki KATO
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Patent number: 9972870Abstract: A battery module includes battery cells arranged side by side, two end plates sandwiching the battery cells, an elastic body, and a cover. The cover includes a first cover member and a second cover member. The battery module includes a cable that electrically connects a first electronic component and a second electronic component to each other. The cable has a bent portion capable of being deformed in accordance with relative movement between the first cover member and the second cover member in the arrangement direction. The cover includes support portions that support the cable to maintain the shape of the bent portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Kazuki Maeda, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Hidefumi Oishi, Naoto Morisaku
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Patent number: 9958668Abstract: There is provided an image pickup unit which is capable of achieving a focused image of a favorable depth of field while changing a visual field direction of observation.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Kato
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Patent number: 9954209Abstract: This battery pack is provided with a housing, a case, a battery cell, a sealing material and a spacer. The case includes a lid member fixed to the housing so as to close a through-hole in the housing. The lid member is bolted to a through-hole peripheral part of the housing. When the internal pressure of the case rises, part of the lid member deforms in a direction away from the through-hole peripheral part, releasing the internal pressure of the case. The battery cell is accommodated inside of the case. The sealing material is arranged between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part so as to ensure the air-tightness of the case. The spacer is arranged between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part so as to maintain the interval between the lid member and the through-hole peripheral part.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yuki Chujo, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro
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Patent number: 9944221Abstract: A motor causes a shaft of an actuator to be displaced in an axis direction thereof, at least part of a circuit for driving the motor being mounted on a circuit board. A notch is formed in an end edge of the circuit board. A protrusion is formed inside a case. The protrusion is fitted into the notch, whereby the circuit board is independently supported inside the case.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsutoshi Iwai, Hiroshi Otaka, Takayuki Kato
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Publication number: 20180076436Abstract: A battery terminal includes a main body in which a battery post is inserted and a fastener having a pair of fastening abutting portions. The main body has a notch portion provided in at least an end in a fastening direction, accommodating and positioning one of the pair of fastening abutting portions. An abutting-portion-side opposite surface on the fastening abutting portion side and a notch-portion-side opposite surface on the notch portion side have respective abutting surfaces. A relief surface is provided on at least one of the abutting-portion-side opposite surface and the notch-portion-side opposite surface such that a relief space is formed with a clearance from the other one of the opposite surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Toshiya Sasaki, Takashi Yoshida, Takayuki Kato, Hideto Yoshinaga
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Patent number: 9917338Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module including a plurality of cells, a housing that accommodates the battery module and is thermally coupled to the battery module, and a temperature adjuster that is thermally coupled and attached to the housing. The temperature adjuster changes a temperature of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Hidefumi Oishi, Takayuki Kato, Hirohisa Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Fumihiko Ishiguro, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda, Takashi Sakai, Shintaro Watanabe, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Yuki Chujo
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Publication number: 20180066109Abstract: Polyamide elastomer comprising reaction product of components (a), (b), (c), (d). Component (a) has formula HOOC—R1—(—NH—CO—R1—)n—NH2 (where each R1 independently is linear saturated hydrocarbon, n represents a real number of 0 or greater, and when there are multiple repeating units each containing R1, n represents total number of those repeating units). Component (b) has formula HOOC—R2—COOH (where R2 represents a direct bond or a linear saturated hydrocarbon group). Component (c) has formula H2N—R4—(—O—R4—)m—NH2 (where each R4 independently represents a saturated hydrocarbon group; m represents a real number of ?1; and when there are multiple repeating units each containing R4, m represents total number of those repeating units). Component (d) has formula H2N—[—CH(CH3)CH—O—]x—[CH2CH2O—]y—[CH2CH(CH3)—O]z—CH2CH(CH3)(NH2) wherein (x+z) is a real number of 1 to 6 and y is a real number of 1 to 20. A molar ratio of (c)/(d) in the polyamide elastomer ranges from 9/1 to 1/9.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki KATO
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Publication number: 20180069219Abstract: A battery module is provided and includes an array body in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed, an elastic member disposed on at least one side in an array direction of the array body, a pair of end plates holding the array body and the elastic member therebetween, a resin middle plate disposed between the array body and the elastic member, and a metal joining member joining the pair of the end plates each other, in which the middle plate is provided with a through hole through which the joining member is inserted, and a metal collar is inserted through the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2015Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Yuki CHUJO, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA, Naoto MORISAKU, Masahiro YAMADA
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Patent number: 9905828Abstract: This battery module is provided with: a cell having a connection terminal; and a bus bar that is connected to the connection terminal and has an upright standing part that extends in the direction in which the connection terminal protrudes. The bus bar is connected, via a conductive wire, to an object to be connected, which is provided at a position separate from the connection terminal in the extending direction of the upright standing part. The cell is configured so as to be charged and discharged through the bus bar and the conductive wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Takashi Sakai, Takayuki Kato, Shintaro Watanabe, Hidefumi Oishi, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku, Kazuki Maeda
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Patent number: 9905823Abstract: A second battery module is stacked on a first battery module. A control device is mounted on a mounting plate of the first battery module. The control device is arranged between the first battery module and the second battery module. A control device of the first battery module is arranged between inner surfaces of first bolt insertion portions and inner surfaces of second bolt insertion portions of second battery holders.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Kazuki Maeda, Takayuki Kato, Hiromi Ueda, Naoto Morisaku
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Publication number: 20180053970Abstract: A battery module includes battery cells arranged side by side, two end plates sandwiching the battery cells, an elastic body, and a cover. The cover includes a first cover member and a second cover member. The battery module includes a cable that electrically connects a first electronic component and a second electronic component to each other. The cable has a bent portion capable of being deformed in accordance with relative movement between the first cover member and the second cover member in the arrangement direction. The cover includes support portions that support the cable to maintain the shape of the bent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: February 22, 2018Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Kazuki MAEDA, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA, Hidefumi OISHI, Naoto MORISAKU
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Publication number: 20180045638Abstract: The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: FUMITAKA OTSUKA, HIROTO KASAI, TAKASHI MIYATA, TAKAYUKI KATO, KOUHEI HATAMOTO
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Publication number: 20170358788Abstract: A battery module 1 includes an array body including a plurality of battery cells held by cell holders and arranged along a predetermined array direction, and elastic members disposed between adjacent battery cells, and a restraint member applying a restraining load to the array body in the array direction. The cell holder has a protrusion protruding in the array direction, and a compression amount of the elastic member between the battery cells is regulated by the protrusion abutting on a cell holder of an adjacent battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKIInventors: Taku INOUE, Takayuki KATO, Hiromi UEDA
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Publication number: 20170355353Abstract: Of moving directions of a piston, the direction in which high-pressure air is delivered is a delivery direction, and the direction in the opposite direction from the delivery direction is a force accumulation direction. The piston is moved in the force accumulation direction by the moving mechanism, and moved in the delivery direction by the biasing force of the biasing spring in response to the release of the moving force exerted by the moving mechanism. The cylinder is provided with: a piston supporting portion that supports the piston; and a connection protrusion that has a delivery path for delivering the high-pressure air to the nozzle. The inner surface of an end of the piston supporting portion in the delivery direction is formed as a closed surface. The delivery path is located further toward the force accumulation direction than the closed surface is.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Kato, Takayoshi Mochizuki, Akinobu Kubota, Yasuhiro Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20170354321Abstract: There is provided a camera head for endoscope which enables to achieve a favorable fluorescent image in any wavelength band when the observation is switched over from a normal white-light image observation to an observation of fluorescent images of different wavelength bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki KATO, Makoto TOMIOKA, Takahiro INOUE, Kazuo MORITA