Patents by Inventor Wataru Kato

Wataru 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124685
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a methyl methacrylate-containing composition with high quality stability during storage. This can be solved with a methyl methacrylate-containing composition, a pyrazine compound represented by Formula (1) (component A1), and a polymerization inhibitor (Component B1), in which the concentration of methyl methacrylate is from 99 to 99.99% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Kurihara, Tatsuya Suzuki, Yuki Kato, Wataru Ninomiya, Maiko Kakimoto
  • Patent number: 11943917
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment, includes a plurality of semiconductor pillars extending in a first direction and being arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction, two interconnects extending in the second direction and being provided on two sides of the plurality of semiconductor pillars in a third direction crossing the first direction and the second direction, and an electrode film disposed between each of the semiconductor pillars and each of the interconnects. The two interconnects are drivable independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagashima, Tatsuya Kato, Wataru Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20240069441
    Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition capable of reducing occurrence of defects caused by microparticles or the like that may be generated during formation of a coating film. A silicon-containing resist underlayer film-forming composition including: [A]a polysiloxane; [B] a glycol compound having a normal boiling point of 230.0° C. or higher and being of the following Formula (1): (wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, or a C3-4 acyl group; and n is an integer of 3 or more); and [C] a solvent (except for a compound corresponding to the compound [B]).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKEDA, Wataru SHIBAYAMA, Shuhei SHIGAKI, Ken ISHIBASHI, Kodai KATO, Makoto NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11681247
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that includes an image bearing member which can bear a toner image, a transfer member used to transfer a toner image onto a recording material from the image bearing member, and a reading device which reads density information of images on recording material disposed on a platen. The image forming apparatus forms a first chart on a first recording material and a second chart on a second recording material by sequentially transferring a plurality of test images while applying a plurality of test voltages to the transfer member. The two charts are read by the reading device and the transfer voltage is adjusted based on the reading result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masato Kobayashi, Wataru Kato
  • Publication number: 20230060060
    Abstract: A structure includes an electricity generator that charges and discharges through an electrochemical reaction, an inner case accommodating the electricity generator, and an outer case including a first sheet and a second sheet. The outer case accommodates the inner case between the first sheet and the second sheet. The first sheet and the second sheet are bonded to each other at peripheries of the first sheet and the second sheet. The inner case is bonded to the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Wataru KATO
  • Publication number: 20230006296
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked on one another and each being a plate and including an electricity generator and a casing accommodating the electricity generator, and an outer case accommodating the cell stack. The outer case includes at least one rib in a surface area between an outer edge of the outer case and an outer periphery of the cell stack as viewed in a stacking direction of the cell stack. The at least one rib is a portion of the surface area protruding outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takaaki FUKUSHIMA, Wataru KATO
  • Publication number: 20220197192
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus that includes an image bearing member which can bear a toner image, a transfer member used to transfer a toner image onto a recording material from the image bearing member, and a reading device which reads density information of images on recording material disposed on the platen. The image forming apparatus forms a first chart on a first recording material and a second chart on a second recording material by sequentially transferring a plurality of test images while applying a plurality of test voltages to the transfer member. The two charts are read by the reading device and the transfer voltage is adjusted based on the reading result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Masato Kobayashi, Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 11305629
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a turbine engine. The turbine engine is mounted on a frame member on a front side of the vehicle and has a turbine engine body and an exhaust pipe coupled to a rear side of the turbine engine body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A fragile part configured to be crushed more easily than another part of the exhaust pipe is formed in the exhaust pipe on the turbine engine body side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 11287190
    Abstract: A spiral heat exchanger includes a spiral unit, a case member, and a bracket. The spiral unit includes thin metal plates. The thin metal plates are spaced away from each other and spirally wound. The thin metal plates define flow paths. A portion or all of the flow paths are provided with a coolant flowing therein. The case member is attached to a vehicle and contains the spiral unit. The bracket is fixed to the case member and holds the spiral unit. The bracket includes a holding portion and a fixed portion. The holding portion holds a first end, a second end, or both of the spiral unit in an axial direction. The fixed portion is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the spiral unit and an inner peripheral surface of the case member. The fixed portion is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Publication number: 20210170961
    Abstract: A control device is installed in a vehicle including an electrical storage device to which is connected a plurality of electrical paths. The vehicle includes an external signal recognition device that recognizes a predetermined image or signal based on an image outside of the vehicle or a signal from outside of the vehicle, an external environment recognition device that recognizes a predetermined environment based on a surrounding environment of the vehicle when the predetermined image or signal is recognized by the external signal recognition device, regardless of whether a system of the vehicle is started, and a relay connected to at least one object electrical path. The control device includes a processor that turns the relay off when a count of times of the external environment recognition device continuously recognizing the predetermined environment for no shorter than a predetermined time is no less than a predetermined count of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Wataru KATO, Yuko ASANO
  • Patent number: 11027669
    Abstract: A control device is installed in a vehicle including an electrical storage device to which is connected a plurality of electrical paths. The vehicle includes an external signal recognition device that recognizes a predetermined image or signal based on an image outside of the vehicle or a signal from outside of the vehicle, an external environment recognition device that recognizes a predetermined environment based on a surrounding environment of the vehicle when the predetermined image or signal is recognized by the external signal recognition device, regardless of whether a system of the vehicle is started, and a relay connected to at least one object electrical path. The control device includes a processor that turns the relay off when a count of times of the external environment recognition device continuously recognizing the predetermined environment for no shorter than a predetermined time is no less than a predetermined count of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Wataru Kato, Yuko Asano
  • Patent number: 11000966
    Abstract: A horizontal multistage press apparatus 1 (multistage drying apparatus) includes conveyance paths R1 to R4 (first to fourth conveyance paths) in which the veneer sheet W1 (sheet material to be treated) is carried out in a standing state. The conveyance path R1 is positioned over between the loader device 10 and the hot press device 20, the conveyance path R2 is positioned over between the hot press device 20 and the open transpiration device 40, the conveyance path R3 is positioned over between the open transpiration device 40 and the temperature control press device 50, and the conveyance path R4 is positioned over between the temperature control press device 50 and the unloader device 60. The conveyance paths R1 to R4 are arranged in a straight line in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiguro, Keisuke Mizutani, Wataru Kato, Noriyuki Sato, Kazuya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10999487
    Abstract: To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Kashiwa, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Wataru Kato, Yukihiro Ohzeki
  • Patent number: 10867750
    Abstract: There are provided a dielectric film which is excellent in heat resistance and is capable of improvement in breakdown field, a film capacitor and a combination type capacitor using the dielectric film, an inverter, and an electric vehicle. A film capacitor having excellent heat resistance and high breakdown field is obtained by producing a film capacitor that uses a dielectric film comprising an organic resin and a plurality of fine particles containing a metal element, an average of diameters of the fine particles falling in a range of 0.5 nm to 50 nm. Such a film capacitor and a combination type capacitor connected thereto via a bus bar are preferably used in an inverter and an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 10802425
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, a rotary member configured to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, a power supply configured to apply transfer voltage to the rotary member to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, an acquisition unit configured to acquire each value related to the number of recording materials passing through each area of the belt divided into a plurality of areas in a width direction of the belt, and an output unit configured to output error information related to a life of the belt based on each value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Publication number: 20200300552
    Abstract: A spiral heat exchanger includes a spiral unit, a case member, and a bracket. The spiral unit includes thin metal plates. The thin metal plates are spaced away from each other and spirally wound. The thin metal plates define flow paths. A portion or all of the flow paths are provided with a coolant flowing therein. The case member is attached to a vehicle and contains the spiral unit. The bracket is fixed to the case member and holds the spiral unit. The bracket includes a holding portion and a fixed portion. The holding portion holds a first end, a second end, or both of the spiral unit in an axial direction. The fixed portion is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the spiral unit and an inner peripheral surface of the case member. The fixed portion is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the case member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventor: Wataru KATO
  • Publication number: 20200209786
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, a rotary member configured to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, a power supply configured to apply transfer voltage to the rotary member to transfer the toner image on the belt to the recording material, an acquisition unit configured to acquire each value related to the number of recording material passing through each area of the belt divided into a plurality of areas in a width direction of the belt, and an output unit configured to output an error information related to a life of the belt based on the each value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Publication number: 20200101829
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a turbine engine. The turbine engine is mounted on a frame member on a front side of the vehicle and has a turbine engine body and an exhaust pipe coupled to a rear side of the turbine engine body in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A fragile part configured to be crushed more easily than another part of the exhaust pipe is formed in the exhaust pipe on the turbine engine body side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventor: Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 10549377
    Abstract: A welding assistance member with electrically-conductive properties is used for spot-welding performed by sandwiching a second member between electrically-conductive first members different in material from the second member. The welding assistance member is fitted into a hole extending through the second member so as to allow for spot-welding of the first members to each other from opposite sides in the hole. The welding assistance member includes: a main body that has a size and shape that allow a gap to be formed between the main body and an inner side surface of the hole when the main body is fitted in the hole; and a position maintaining component that is provided at an outer side of the main body, has heat, heat resisting, and electrically insulating properties, and maintains the main body in a separated state from the inner side surface. A spot-welding method uses this welding assistance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiko Inami, Keiji Nakamura, Noboru Sakamoto, Wataru Kato
  • Patent number: 10541084
    Abstract: There is a film capacitor capable of suppressing decrease in the electrostatic capacitance even after a self-healing phenomenon has occurred. A film capacitor includes a dielectric film; and an electrode film disposed on a principal surface of the dielectric film, the dielectric film containing an organic resin and an organic component having a higher volatility than the organic resin. The organic resin is preferably any one of a cyclic olefin-based resin, a polyarylate resin, a polyphenylene ether resin and a polyetherimide resin. The organic component is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of cyclohexane, ethylcyclohexane, toluene, xylene, chloroform, and tetrahydrofuran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Maeda, Wataru Kato