Patents by Inventor Yu Murai

Yu Murai 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: 20230383494
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including a first inner frame including a first connection and a first inner projection projecting above the first connection in a height direction, a first outer frame including a second connection and a first outer projection projecting above the second connection in the height direction, and a first connection frame having a first opening and connected to the first connection and the second connection between the first inner frame and the first outer frame. A first arm hydraulic cylinder is provided to pass through the first opening. The first cover is configured to surround an outer periphery of the first arm hydraulic cylinder to cover the first opening and provided on the first connection frame to be slidably guided by the first connection frame, the first inner projection, and the first outer projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu MURAI, Keigo SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11803822
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 11670806
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus configured to manage a battery to be reused, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring a battery information including an information on a failure and repair history of the battery before the battery is reused, the memory is configured to store the battery information, and the microprocessor is configured to further perform determining a restriction imposed on the battery when the battery is reused, based on the battery information stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Murai
  • Patent number: 11300622
    Abstract: A battery value setting apparatus including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform, acquiring a battery information including an information on a usage record of a battery mounted on a predetermined object, determining whether there is an abnormal usage record of the battery based on the battery information, and setting a trade-in value of the battery when it is determined that there is the abnormal usage record lower than the trade-in value when it is determined that there is not the abnormal usage record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20210091417
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus configured to manage a battery to be reused, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring a battery information including an information on a failure and repair history of the battery before the battery is reused, the memory is configured to store the battery information, and the microprocessor is configured to further perform determining a restriction imposed on the battery when the battery is reused, based on the battery information stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20210086654
    Abstract: A discarded vehicle management apparatus including a communication unit configured to communicate with a vehicle on which a battery is mounted, and an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: acquiring a vehicle information including a battery removal information indicating a removal of the battery from the vehicle; and determining whether the vehicle has been discarded based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Morita
  • Publication number: 20210090153
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus including a microprocessor configured to perform acquiring a battery information on batteries, acquiring a battery requirement information required by a user, and extracting a candidate battery satisfying the battery requirement as a candidate for a presentation battery from among the batteries based on the battery information and the battery requirement information. The battery information includes a battery element information on each of battery elements included in a first battery and a second battery, and the microprocessor is configured to perform the extracting including determining whether it is possible to constitute the candidate battery by a combination battery including the battery elements included in the first battery and the second battery, and when it is determined that it is possible to constitute the candidate battery by the combination battery, extracting the combination battery as the candidate battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Hiroya Okuda, Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yuki Morita, Masako Komaki, Masato Naito
  • Publication number: 20210088592
    Abstract: A battery value setting apparatus including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform, acquiring a battery information including an information on a usage record of a battery mounted on a predetermined object, determining whether there is an abnormal usage record of the battery based on the battery information, and setting a trade-in value of the battery when it is determined that there is the abnormal usage record lower than the trade-in value when it is determined that there is not the abnormal usage record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20210090034
    Abstract: An information management apparatus, including an electronic control unit including a microprocessor and a memory connected to the microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform acquiring an information on a component to be dismantled within a predetermined period, setting a demand value representing a degree of a demand for a predetermined material, determining whether the demand value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and whether the predetermined material is included in the component based on the information, if it is determined that the demand value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, and registering the component as an object of a recycle or a reuse, if it is determined that the predetermined material is included in the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
  • Patent number: 9905817
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite sealed container having a heat seal part using a heat-sealing resin, between an end part of a first metal foil and an end part of a second metal foil, and a metallically sealed part with a weld bead, on the end face outside the heat sealed part of the first metal foil and the second metal foil. The resin-metal composite sealed container, wherein the melting point of the metal constituting the metal foil is higher by 300° C. or more than the thermal decomposition temperature of the heat-sealing resin, the specific gravity of the metal constituting the metal foil is 5 or more, and the weld bead is formed by a laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nose, Jun Nakatsuka, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yu Murai
  • Patent number: 9761855
    Abstract: An electric storage apparatus including a welding structure between an electric storage device and a bus bar includes the electric storage device including an external terminal that includes a first connection surface, the bus bar including a second connection surface that overlaps the first connection surface, a first weld portion that is formed extending over the external terminal and the bus bar in a region where the first connection surface and the second connection surface are opposed to each other, and a second weld portion that is formed extending over the external terminal and the bus bar in the region where the first connection surface and the second connection surface are opposed to each other, the second weld portion directly overlapping the first weld portion in a region where the first connection surface and the second connection surface overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hideki Matsushima, Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20150030912
    Abstract: A resin-metal composite sealed container having a heat seal part using a heat-sealing resin, between an end part of a first metal foil and an end part of a second metal foil, and a metallically sealed part with a weld bead, on the end face outside the heat sealed part of the first metal foil and the second metal foil. The resin-metal composite sealed container, wherein the melting point of the metal constituting the metal foil is higher by 300° C. or more than the thermal decomposition temperature of the heat-sealing resin, the specific gravity of the metal constituting the metal foil is 5 or more, and the weld bead is formed by a laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Koichi Nose, Jun Nakatsuka, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yu Murai
  • Publication number: 20140377625
    Abstract: Provided is an electric storage apparatus including: an electric storage device including an external terminal that has a first connection surface; a bus bar having a second connection surface that overlaps the first connection surface; a first weld portion that is formed extending over the external terminal and the bus bar in a region where the first connection surface and the second connection surface are opposed to each other; and a second weld portion that is formed extending over the external terminal and the bus bar in a region where the first connection surface and the second connection surface are opposed to each other, the second weld portion overlapping the first weld portion, wherein the second weld portion is formed such that its weld center is displaced from a weld center of the first weld portion. Also provided is a method for producing the electric storage apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hideki Matsushima, Yu Murai
  • Patent number: 7449234
    Abstract: A sliding material consisting of a carbon-fiber reinforced carbon composite material containing fine particles of a simple substance of any of Group IV to Group VI elements or a carbide, a nitride or an oxide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Functional Products, inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukagawa, Akira Obara, Tetsuya Ogawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Yu Murai, Satoshi Takesako
  • Publication number: 20040005462
    Abstract: A sliding material consisting of a carbon-fiber reinforced carbon composite material containing fine particles of a simple substance of any of Group IV to Group VI elements or a carbide, a nitride or an oxide thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Functional Products, Inc., HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Fukagawa, Akira Obara, Tetsuya Ogawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Yu Murai, Satoshi Takesako