Patents by Inventor Yusuke Wada
Yusuke Wada 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: 20240156135Abstract: A method for manufacturing frozen noodles including a step of subjecting raw noodles or dried noodles manufactured by an ordinary method to boiling treatment to produce boiled noodles containing moisture less than moisture of the noodles after cooking, a step of applying water to surfaces of the boiled noodles by sprinkling or dipping, a step of filling a freezing container with the boiled noodles having water applied to the surfaces and an ice lump containing frozen water, and a step of subjecting the boiled noodles to freezing treatment, in which the freezing treatment is started within 120 seconds from an end of the boiling treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Mai UTSUMI, Yusuke WADA, Takaharu YOKOISHI, Atsushi ONISHI, Toshio YOSHINUMA
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Patent number: 11962050Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Publication number: 20240066047Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound having a STING agonistic activity, which may be expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of STING-related diseases. The present disclosure relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: MASATO YOSHIKAWA, MORIHISA SAITOH, TAISUKE KATO, YAYOI NAKAYAMA, TOMOHIRO SEKI, YASUO NAKAGAWA, YUSUKE TOMINARI, MASAKI SETO, YUSUKE SASAKI, MASANORI OKANIWA, TSUNEO ODA, AKITO SHIBUYA, KOSUKE HIDAKA, ZENYU SHIOKAWA, SHUMPEI MURATA, ATSUTOSHI OKABE, YOSHIHISA NAKADA, MICHIYO MOCHIZUKI, BRIAN SCOTT FREEZE, TAISUKE TAWARAISHI, YASUFUMI WADA, PAUL D. GREENSPAN
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Publication number: 20230349020Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 40% or more and 70% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 5% or more and 30% or less, retained austenite: 4% or more and 18% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 35% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and less than 980 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota
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Publication number: 20230349019Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 60% or more and 85% or less, bainite: 3% or more and 15% or less, retained austenite: 3% or more and 15% or less, fresh martensite: 3% or more and 15% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 590 MPa or more and less than 780 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Yuki Takeda
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Patent number: 11695129Abstract: The manufacturing method for the fuel cell unit includes a stacking step and a laser irradiation step. In the stacking step, a stacked portion including, stacked together, a resin frame member of a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and an outer peripheral portion of a separator is placed on a metal spacer. The resin frame member at a joining target portion of the stacked portion is placed so as to face a recess of the metal spacer. In the laser irradiation step, the separator at the joining target portion in a state where the resin frame member faces the recess is irradiated with a laser beam to thereby form a welded portion where the resin frame member and the separator are welded to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Shintaro Sumi
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Publication number: 20230152237Abstract: A test strip holder includes: a holding member at which at least a portion of a lower side of an inner periphery is a cylindrical surface having a cylindrical shape, and at whose interior a test strip is held, and at which a direction of an imaginary central axis of the cylindrical surface is a horizontal direction or a direction inclined with respect to a vertical direction; an opening portion provided in an outer surface of the holding member; a sorting member rotating at an interior of the holding member around a rotation axis that coincides with the central axis; a pushing piece projecting out from a distal end edge, which is parallel to the central axis, at the sorting member in a direction of rotation of the sorting member; and a sorting piece projecting out from a distal end of the pushing piece toward the cylindrical surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventors: Noriaki FURUSATO, Yusuke WADA
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Publication number: 20230152299Abstract: A test strip container includes: an accommodating member in which a test strip is accommodated; a moving member moving the test strip therein; a door member opening and closing at a side surface of the accommodating member to discharge the test strip out of the accommodating member, and cutting the interior and the exterior of the accommodating member off from each other when closed; a door accommodating portion covering the door member, in which the door member can open and close; and a discharge opening cutting the interior and an exterior of the door accommodating portion off from each other when closed, and is provided at the door accommodating portion so as to open and close to discharge the test strip to the exterior of the door accommodating portion, the discharge opening being able to open when the accommodating member is closed by the door member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: ARKRAY, Inc.Inventors: Noriaki FURUSATO, Yusuke WADA
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Patent number: 11611087Abstract: In a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell, a processing die is used. The method includes a processing step of moving an upper die toward a lower die to thereby form an inclined surface on each of side parts of a resin film. In the processing step, shearing is performed while maintaining a predetermined clearance between the lower processing section and the upper processing section and in a state where each of the side parts is at least partially positioned at a cutout so that each of the side parts is inclined downward toward the inside. The cutout is formed by cutting off an edge part of a placement surface that is positioned on the lower processing section side.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Takano, Yusuke Wada, Kento Kusatsugu
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Publication number: 20230072557Abstract: A steel sheet according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition and a steel microstructure including, in terms of area fraction, ferrite: 20% or more and 60% or less, a total of bainite and tempered martensite: 25% or more and 60% or less, retained austenite: 7% or more and 20% or less, fresh martensite: 8% or more and 40% or less, and the remainder: 5% or less. Cementite particles are present in the retained austenite, a ratio of an area fraction of the cementite particles in the retained austenite to an area fraction of the retained austenite is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the steel sheet has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: JFE Steel CorporationInventors: Yusuke Wada, Tatsuya Nakagaito, Shotaro Terashima, Lingling Yang, Takeshi Yokota
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Patent number: 11508972Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a fuel cell member includes a positioning device for positioning a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and a separator member. This positioning device includes a base and positioning pins which are inserted into positioning holes formed in the resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and the separator member. Lifting members are provided around the positioning pins. The lifting member is lifted and lowered by a lifting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Ryo Takano
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Patent number: 11508950Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode sheet by using an electrode sheet manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the electrode sheet includes a feeding step of feeding out a sheet body from a roll on which the sheet body is wound, the sheet body including an active layer containing a catalyst laminated on a support layer, and a cutting step of forming the electrode sheet by punching the sheet body by pressing a cutting blade from a side of the support layer against the sheet body that was fed out in the feeding step.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: TORAY ENGINEERING CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Katayama, Takuto Hayakawa, Yusuke Wada, Masami Kurimoto
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Patent number: 11502312Abstract: A resin frame member is produced by using a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell. An inner peripheral end of the resin frame member includes an inclined surface formed over the entire periphery thereof. The inclined surface is inclined inward from one surface of the resin frame member toward the other surface of the resin frame member. The width of the inclined surface is gradually reduced from the center toward both ends of each side part of the inner peripheral end in a direction in which the side part of the inner peripheral end extends.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Wada, Taichi Kitagawa, Ryo Takano, Kento Kusatsugu
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Publication number: 20220045341Abstract: The manufacturing method for the fuel cell unit includes a stacking step and a laser irradiation step. In the stacking step, a stacked portion including, stacked together, a resin frame member of a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and an outer peripheral portion of a separator is placed on a metal spacer. The resin frame member at a joining target portion of the stacked portion is placed so as to face a recess of the metal spacer. In the laser irradiation step, the separator at the joining target portion in a state where the resin frame member faces the recess is irradiated with a laser beam to thereby form a welded portion where the resin frame member and the separator are welded to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Yusuke WADA, Shintaro SUMI
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Publication number: 20220045339Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for a fuel cell member includes a positioning device for positioning a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and a separator member. This positioning device includes a base and positioning pins which are inserted into positioning holes formed in the resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly and the separator member. Lifting members are provided around the positioning pins. The lifting member is lifted and lowered by a lifting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Yusuke WADA, Ryo TAKANO
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Publication number: 20210296662Abstract: A resin frame member is produced by using a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell. An inner peripheral end of the resin frame member includes an inclined surface formed over the entire periphery thereof. The inclined surface is inclined inward from one surface of the resin frame member toward the other surface of the resin frame member. The width of the inclined surface is gradually reduced from the center toward both ends of each side part of the inner peripheral end in a direction in which the side part of the inner peripheral end extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Yusuke WADA, Taichi KITAGAWA, Ryo TAKANO, Kento KUSATSUGU
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Publication number: 20210296663Abstract: In a method of producing a resin frame member for a fuel cell, a processing die is used. The method includes a processing step of moving an upper die toward a lower die to thereby form an inclined surface on each of side parts of a resin film. In the processing step, shearing is performed while maintaining a predetermined clearance between the lower processing section and the upper processing section and in a state where each of the side parts is at least partially positioned at a cutout so that each of the side parts is inclined downward toward the inside. The cutout is formed by cutting off an edge part of a placement surface that is positioned on the lower processing section side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Ryo TAKANO, Yusuke WADA, Kento KUSATSUGU
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Publication number: 20210296672Abstract: A method for producing a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes: a first conveyance step of supporting a sheet-shaped member having a cathode and an electrolyte membrane by a resin frame member to which the sheet-shaped member is joined and linearly conveying the supported sheet-shaped member to a pressure bonding device; a second conveyance step of conveying an anode to the pressure bonding device by way of a rotary table; and a pressure bonding step of heating and pressing the cathode and the anode from above and below by the pressure bonding device to thereby integrate the cathode and the anode together.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Kensuke Namba, Yosuke Konno, Masami Kurimoto, Yusuke Wada
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Publication number: 20210280878Abstract: A power generation cell includes a resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly. An inclined surface is formed on each of four side parts of the inner peripheral end of a resin frame member. The inclined surface is inclined inward from one surface of the resin frame member toward the other surface of the resin frame member. In a side part and a corner part of the inner peripheral end that are adjacent to each other, a side surface serving as a step is formed between the inclined surface and a first plane surface part at the corner part of the resin frame member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Yusuke WADA, Taichi KITAGAWA, Ryo TAKANO
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Patent number: 11069779Abstract: A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of silicon carbide, a device structure provided on top of the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer of silicon carbide having a higher impurity concentration than the first semiconductor layer, provided under the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer implementing an ohmic-contact, and a metallic electrode film provided under the second semiconductor layer. A thickness of a carbon-containing region in which carbon-atoms are precipitated between the second semiconductor layer and the metallic electrode film is 10 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Iguchi, Haruo Nakazawa, Yusuke Wada