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).
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Publication number: 20230383494Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yu MURAI, Keigo SASAKI
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Patent number: 11803822Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
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Patent number: 11670806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yu Murai
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Patent number: 11300622Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
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Publication number: 20210091417Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventor: Yu Murai
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Publication number: 20210086654Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Yu Murai, Tsubasa Uchida, Yuki Morita
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Publication number: 20210090153Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Hiroya Okuda, Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yuki Morita, Masako Komaki, Masato Naito
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Publication number: 20210088592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Tsubasa Uchida, Yukiko Onoue, Yu Murai
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Publication number: 20210090034Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Yu Murai, Satoshi Onodera, Masahiro Ise, Tsubasa Uchida
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Patent number: 9905817Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN MATERIALS CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koichi Nose, Jun Nakatsuka, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yu Murai
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Patent number: 9761855Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hideki Matsushima, Yu Murai
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Publication number: 20150030912Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Koichi Nose, Jun Nakatsuka, Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yu Murai
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Publication number: 20140377625Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Masakazu Tsutsumi, Hideki Matsushima, Yu Murai
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Patent number: 7449234Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Functional Products, inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshihiro Fukagawa, Akira Obara, Tetsuya Ogawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Yu Murai, Satoshi Takesako
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Publication number: 20040005462Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Functional Products, Inc., HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Fukagawa, Akira Obara, Tetsuya Ogawa, Satoshi Yoshida, Yu Murai, Satoshi Takesako