Abstract: A haptic information presentation system uses a human sensory characteristic or illusion to suitably control a physical quantity, and causes a person to feel a force which cannot exist physically, or a haptic sensory physical characteristic.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 4, 2016
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2019
Assignees:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Miraisens, Inc.
Abstract: A semiconductor memory element is provided including a laminated structure, in which a memory member and a conductor are superposed on a semiconductor substrate. The memory member has a bottom surface in contact with the semiconductor substrate, an upper surface in contact with the conductor, and side surfaces, which are in contact with and surrounded by a partition wall; the bottom surface of the memory member has a width of equal to or not more than 100 nm; a shortest distance between the conductor and the semiconductor substrate is twice or more of the width of the bottom surface of the memory member; the side surface of the memory member has a width, which is either the same as the width of the bottom surface and constant at any position above the bottom surface, or the widest at a position other than the bottom surface and above the bottom surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 3, 2017
Publication date:
September 5, 2019
Applicants:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, WACOM R&D Corporation
Abstract: A stretchable electrically-conductive sheet according to the present invention includes an elastomer sheet 1 having an adhesive layer corresponding to a wiring region with a predetermined pattern formed on a front surface of the elastomer sheet, and also includes electrically-conductive fiber materials 2 each having a predetermined diameter and a predetermined length. When the elastomer sheet 1 is stretched or bended, the electrically-conductive fiber materials relatively move maintaining mutual electrical continuity so as to maintain the electrical continuity in the wiring region. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve a low-cost stretchable electrically-conductive circuit having excellent stretchability, bendability, and durability.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 14, 2015
Date of Patent:
August 20, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inventors:
Manabu Yoshida, Sei Uemura, Taiki Nobeshima
Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen occlusion body includes: a hydrogen occlusion layer containing a material whose optical property reversibly changes upon hydrogenation and dehydrogenation; and a catalyst layer containing a palladium-ruthenium alloy.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 10, 2017
Publication date:
August 15, 2019
Applicant:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: A composite particle powder includes an electron-conducting material and an ion-conducting material that are agglomerated together; the composite particle powder having a volume-based 50% particle diameter (D50) of 0.1 to 2.0 ?m in particle size distribution measurement, a volume-based D75/D25 of 1.1 to 2.2 in particle size distribution measurement, D50 and a BET specific surface that satisfy the following: (I) 0.1 ?m?D50?0.5 ?m, larger than 20 m2/g and 200 m2/g or less; (II) 0.5 ?m<D50?0.9 ?m, larger than 4 m2/g and 50 m2/g or less; (III) 0.9 ?m<D50?1.3 ?m, larger than 2.5 m2/g and 30 m2/g or less; and (IV) 1.3 ?m<D50?2.0 ?m, larger than 2 m2/g and 20 m2/g or less; and an ion-conducting material content of 35 to 75 mass %. A low electrode resistance can be provided using the material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 6, 2017
Publication date:
August 1, 2019
Applicant:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: A composite containing phosphorus, lithium, iron, sulfur, and carbon as constituent elements wherein lithium sulfide (Li2S) is present in an amount of 90 mol % or more, and wherein the crystallite size calculated from the half-width of a diffraction peak based on the (111) plane of Li2S as determined by X-ray powder diffraction measurement is 80 nm or less. The composite exhibits a high capacity (in particular, a high discharge capacity) useful as an electrode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery (in particular, a cathode active material for a lithium-ion secondary battery), without the need for stepwise pre-cycling treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 30, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: A layered structure having high adhesive properties, and high hardness or excellent transparency, is prepared on a base material such as a resin. A layered structure including: an organic-inorganic hybrid member containing a primary inorganic particle and an organic polymer covalently bound to each other, wherein the primary inorganic particle forms a network containing the polymer; and a particle aggregate layer containing a secondary particle which is deposited on the organic-inorganic hybrid member and is composed of an inorganic material or a metallic material; wherein in the organic-inorganic hybrid member, the primary inorganic particle and the secondary particle have different crystal particle sizes.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 16, 2017
Publication date:
July 11, 2019
Applicant:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inventors:
Jun AKEDO, Hiroaki NODA, Hiroki TSUDA, Nobuo SAKAMOTO
Abstract: Realized are a high-performance electrochemical element and solid oxide fuel cell in which the contact properties between a dense and highly-gastight electrolyte layer and an electrode layer are improved while the treatment temperature during formation of the electrolyte layer is suppressed to a low temperature, and methods for producing the same. An electrochemical element includes an electrode layer 3, and an electrolyte layer 4 arranged on the electrode layer 3, wherein the electrode layer 3 has a plurality of pores that are open on a face thereof in contact with the electrolyte layer 4, and the pores are filled with fine particles made of the same components as the electrolyte layer 4.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 9, 2019
Assignees:
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: A rocking-chair nonaqueous secondary battery, which uses an ion other than monatomic ions as a charge carrier, and in which the ion moves in and out of both the positive electrode and the negative electrode, can be provided by using a nonaqueous secondary battery electrolyte comprising a salt containing a charge carrier comprising a molecular ion. The nonaqueous secondary battery further comprises a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, and a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, wherein the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material are both materials that allow doping and dedoping of molecular anions (e.g., conductive polymers, organic radical polymers, polymers having a ferrocene skeleton, conductive carbon materials, or organic sulfur compounds), or the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material are both materials that allow doping and dedoping of molecular cations (e.g.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 11, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 2, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: Disclosed is a copper alloy article 1 including: a substrate 10 made of a copper alloy; a polyester-based resin body 40; and an intermediate layer 30 disposed between the substrate 10 and the polyester-based resin body 40, wherein the intermediate layer 30 contains an oxygen functional group.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 14, 2017
Publication date:
June 20, 2019
Applicants:
Advanced Technologies, Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional molding device which makes it possible to reduce molding time by decreasing the inkjet head waiting time during the molding step.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 2015
Date of Patent:
June 18, 2019
Assignees:
CMET Inc., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: A catalyst including, as effective ingredient, complex represented by Formula (1) which contains bidentate ligand including aromatic heterocyclic 5-membered ring having 2 or more nitrogen atoms, or represented by Formula (2) which contains bidentate ligand including: aromatic heterocyclic 5-membered ring having 2 or more nitrogen atoms; and 6-membered ring having 1 or more nitrogen atoms, isomer or salt of the complex: where M1 and M2 denote transition metal such as iridium; X1 to X16 each independently denote nitrogen or carbon; R1 to R13 denote, for example, hydrogen atom, alkyl group, or hydroxy group, provided that when Xi (where i denotes 13 to 16) is nitrogen, Ri is absent at position corresponding to the nitrogen; L1 and L2 denote, for example, an aromatic anionic ligand; Z1 and Z2 denote any ligand or are absent; and m and n denote positive integer, 0, or negative integer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2014
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: It is an object to monitor signal flow (optically switched state) in an optical node without using a monitor light. In each of output ports of the optical node, a part of output signals is turned back, and the output signal light is subjected to intensity modulation or phase modulation, assigned port identification information, and allowed to reverse in the optical node. From an input port corresponding to the reversed output signal, a plurality of signals turned back are output. The plurality of signals are appropriately converted into intensity modulation from phase modulation and separated by a device having a spectroscopic function, and identification information is read out based on an intensity of a signal light for each signal, thereby determining an optically switched state to an output port corresponding to the input port.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 10, 2016
Date of Patent:
May 21, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inventors:
Takayuki Kurosu, Kiyo Ishii, Satoshi Suda, Shu Namiki
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a CNT yarn having excellent conductivity and strength, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a drawn yarn comprising carbon nanotubes and having a drawing rate of 10 to 50%.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inventors:
Ken Mukai, Kinji Asaka, Takeshi Saito, Motoo Yumura
Abstract: The invention provides an ultra-rapid nucleic acid amplification method performed in a flow channel. Specifically, the invention provides a nucleic acid amplification method for performing a PCR reaction by supplying a PCR sample solution to a nucleic acid amplification device comprising a serpentine channel adapted to perform at least one PCR cycle, the nucleic acid amplification device comprising a DNA denaturation temperature zone corresponding to the curved portions at one side, an annealing temperature zone corresponding to the curved portions at the other side, and an extension temperature zone positioned between the annealing and DNA denaturation temperature zones, wherein the PCR sample solution is introduced in the form of sample plugs separated by gas into the serpentine channel using a pump, the sample solution being supplied into the channel in a state such that the solution is separated by gas into a segment corresponding to one PCR cycle or smaller segments.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 9, 2012
Date of Patent:
April 30, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: The sulfide of the present invention comprises an amorphous (lithium) niobium sulfide having an average composition represented by formula (1): Lik1NbSn1 (wherein 0?k1?5; 3?n1?10; and when n1?3.5, k1?0.5), or an amorphous (lithium) titanium niobium sulfide having an average composition represented by formula (2): Lik2Ti1-m2Nbm2Sn2 (wherein 0?k2?5; 0<m2<1; 2?n2?10; and when n2?3.5, k2?1.5). The sulfide of the present invention is a material that is useful as a cathode active material for lithium batteries, such as lithium primary batteries, lithium secondary batteries, and lithium ion secondary batteries, and has a high charge-discharge capacity, high electrical conductivity, and excellent charge-discharge performance.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 23, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: The multiplexer includes a plurality of transmission gates each formed by four-terminal double insulated gate N-type and P-type field effect transistors connected in parallel. One of gates of the N-type gate field effect transistor is connected to a first threshold voltage control node, and a first resistor is connected between the first threshold voltage control node and a first threshold voltage control voltage source. One of gates of the P-type gate field effect transistor is connected to a second threshold voltage control node, and a second resistor is connected between the second threshold voltage control node and a second threshold voltage control voltage source.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 21, 2016
Date of Patent:
April 16, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: Provided is a new magnetic material with high magnetic stability, as well as a manufacturing method therefor, said magnetic material having a higher saturation magnetization than ferrite-based magnetic materials, and having a higher electrical resistivity than existing metal-based magnetic materials, thus solving problems such as that of eddy current loss. Mn-ferrite nanoparticles obtained through wet synthesis are reduced within hydrogen, and grains are allowed to grow while simultaneously using a phase separation phenomenon due to a disproportionation reaction to produce a magnetic material powder in which an ?-(Fe, Mn) phase and a Mn-enriched phase are nano-dispersed. This powder is then sintered to produce a solid magnetic material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 24, 2017
Publication date:
April 11, 2019
Applicant:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abstract: In a signal regeneration device in which recovery of a signal quality which has been degraded during transmission in optical communication and extension of a transmission distance are achieved, the most representative method of quantizing an optical phase is a phase sensitive amplifier (PSA) and a technique that utilizes an optical parametric process through use of a highly nonlinear optical medium, but there is a demand for a technique of quantizing an optical phase which is not accompanied with an optical parametric gain, has small-sized elements, is easily integrated, and does not require high power pump light.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 9, 2019
Assignee:
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology