Patents Assigned to Mitsui
  • Patent number: 10476339
    Abstract: In a cross sectional plane perpendicular to a center axis line of an annular core, a connection projection and a connection recess have complementary configurations in which the connection projection and the connection recess are narrowed in width with distance from coupling surfaces, the connection projection and the connection recess respectively include a pair of friction surfaces and a pair of friction surfaces extending in a direction separate from the coupling surfaces, the friction surface of the connection projection is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection projection, and the friction surface of the connection recess is inclined relative to a virtual normal line perpendicular to a line connecting bottom portions of the pair of friction surfaces of the connection recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Masahiro Izumi, Hirokazu Arakawa, Yusuke Hasuo, Frank Frister, Achim Neubauer
  • Patent number: 10471810
    Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes a lock/unlock unit including a lock/unlock mechanism switching whether to transmit a door opening operation to a latch mechanism; and a transmission unit transmitting a lock/unlock operation to the lock/unlock unit. Further, the lock/unlock unit includes a main case housing the lock/unlock mechanism and supporting the latch mechanism, an input member having a rotation shaft passing through the main case, being coupled to the lock/unlock mechanism in the main case, and having an external coupling part outside the main case; and a cover closing an opening of the main case, the transmission unit includes a coupling member coupling a turned member to the external coupling part, and a sub case housing the coupling member, and the external coupling part protrudes from the main case in a vehicle outside direction in a state where the main case is attached to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Gecom Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Martin, Brian Kepler, Janani Viswanathan, Bryan Farris, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 10476108
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a secondary battery, including a boron compound represented by Formula (1). In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, or a group represented by Formula (2). In Formula (2), each of R1 to R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and * represents a bonding site with an oxygen atom in Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka Miyasato, Takashi Hayashi, Satoko Fujiyama, Akira Kishimoto, Hiroe Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10472435
    Abstract: Provided is a polymerizable composition including an alkyne compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein, in general formula (1), X1 and X2 represent a sulfur atom, an oxygen atom, or an NH group and may be the same or different from each other, Q represents an alkylene group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, a carbonyl group, or a thiophenylene group in which one of carbon atoms is substituted by an antimony atom, R1 and R2 represent an alkylene group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms and may be the same or different from each other, and m and n each represent 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Murakami, Tomoyuki Ando
  • Patent number: 10472868
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: an interlocking unit assembly including an interlocking mechanism configured to hold the door in a closed position by engaging with a striker; and an operating unit assembly including an operating mechanism configured to switch over the door between a locked state and an unlocked state. The interlocking unit assembly includes a body having a striker advancing groove. The operating unit assembly includes: a casing, in which the interlocking unit assembly is fitted, and in which the operating mechanism is installed; a lock lever configured to move the door to a locked position where the door is in the locked state and an unlocked position where the door is in the unlocked state; an emergency operating member turnably supported by the body of the interlocking unit assembly about an axis; and a slide lever slidably installed in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Nozawa, Tomoharu Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20190338212
    Abstract: A lubricant oil composition for automotive gears includes a lubricant base oil including a mineral oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2.0 to 6.5 mm2/s, a viscosity index of not less than 105 and a pour point of not more than ?10° C., and/or a synthetic oil having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1.0 to 6.5 mm2/s, a viscosity index of not less than 120 and a pour point of not more than ?30° C.; and an ethylene/?-olefin copolymer having an ethylene content of 55 to 85 mol %, a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 10 to 200 mm2/s, a molecular weight distribution of not more than 2.2, and a melting point in the range of ?30° C. to ?60° C. The lubricant oil composition for automotive gears has a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 4.0 to 9.0 mm2/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shota ABE, Terufumi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10468677
    Abstract: Provided is a spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing complex oxide that is related to a 5 V-class spinel, and with which output characteristics and charge-discharge cycle ability can be enhanced while suppressing gas generation. Proposed is a spinel-type lithium-manganese-containing complex oxide comprising at least Li, Mn, O, and two or more other elements, and having an operating potential of 4.5 V or more with respect to a metal Li reference potential, wherein: D50 is 0.5 to 9 ?m; a value of (|mode diameter?D50|/mode diameter)×100 is 0 to 25%; a value of (|mode diameter?D10|/mode diameter)×100 is 20 to 58%; a ratio of average primary particle diameter/D50, which is calculated from an average primary particle diameter calculated from a SEM image and the D50, is 0.20 to 0.99; and a primary particle is a polycrystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyohei Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Mitsumoto, Hideaki Matsushima, Shinya Kagei
  • Patent number: 10468950
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a laminated core including a plurality of poles arranged side by side in a circumferential direction, each pole having three or more magnet housing holes and magnets housed in the magnet housing holes. The manufacturing method includes: a step of preparing a lamination having the magnet housing holes; a step of injecting sealing resin into a pair of magnet housing holes arranged at symmetric positions with respect to a line extending in a radial direction of the lamination, with the magnets being disposed in the pair of respective magnet housing holes; and a step of injecting sealing resin into another magnet housing hole, with the magnet being disposed in the magnet housing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yoshida, Junya Satake, Keiichi Kaneshige, Meio Gi
  • Patent number: 10468672
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode active material which operates at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V, and a novel positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which can further enhance the output characteristics. Proposed is a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery including positive electrode active material particles obtained by equipping the entire surface or a part of the surface of lithium manganese-containing composite oxide particles (also referred to as the “core particles”) operating at a charging voltage in a region exceeding 4.3 V in a metal Li reference potential with a layer A containing at least Ti, Al, Zr, or two or more kinds of these, and C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Natsumi Shibamura, Yanko Marinov Todorov, Yoshimi Hata
  • Patent number: 10465374
    Abstract: Provided is a frame structure which allow PC members to be assembled in an efficient manner. First blind holes 26 are formed in a first PC beam 11 so as to open out at longitudinal end surfaces thereof, and first through holes 31 are formed in a pair of PC columns 10 so as to open out opposite to the respective first blind holes 26. The first PC beam 11 is rigidly connected to each PC column 10 via a first rebar 32 positioned in each first through hole 31 and inserted in the corresponding first blind hole 26 to be connected to the corresponding first main beam rebar 24 via a first overlap joint 33, and grout filled around the first rebar 32 in the first through hole 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO MITSUI CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Sugaya, Masahiro Nakajima, Hiroshi Shinjo, Kouichi Hasuo, Junji Sako
  • Publication number: 20190335594
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring board, in which electrical inspection can be performed with accurate probing while warpage of a multilayer laminate is reduced. This method includes providing a laminated sheet including a first support, a first release layer and a metal layer; alternately stacking wiring layers and insulating layers on a surface of the metal layer, wherein an n-th wiring layer being the uppermost layer includes an n-th connection pad; bonding a second support having an opening on a surface, remote from the laminated sheet, of the multilayer laminate with a second release layer therebetween such that at least a part of the n-th connection pad is disposed within the opening; releasing the first support from the reinforced multilayer laminate at the first release layer; and putting conductors into contact with the n-th connection pads of the reinforced multilayer laminate to perform electrical inspection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori MATSUURA, Yasuhiro SETO, Toshimi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 10457802
    Abstract: The present invention is a crosslinked body obtained by crosslinking a composition which comprises 100 parts by mass of (A) an ethylene/?-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer having one or more peaks of tan ? in the temperature range of ?50 to ?30° C., the tan ? being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 50 to 500 parts by mass of (B) an olefin-based copolymer having one or more peaks of tan ? in the temperature range of 0 to 40° C., the tan ? being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 5 to 300 parts by mass of (C) a softener, 10 to 300 parts by mass of (D) a reinforcing filler and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of (E) a vulcanizing agent, and which has a content ratio by mass ((C)/(D)) of (C) the softener to (D) the reinforcing filler of 0.3 to 1.5, the crosslinked body having a durometer hardness (value immediately after measurement) of 50 to 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Fumito Takeuchi, Kengo Goto
  • Patent number: 10458157
    Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes: a connecting portion to which a connector for connection to an external device is connected; a casing; a latch mechanism that is arranged at a rear end portion of the casing in a vehicle front-rear direction and includes a latch and a ratchet; a locking and unlocking mechanism arranged in the casing, the locking and unlocking mechanism including: a lever lock that switches between transmitting or not transmitting a door opening operation to the latch mechanism according to a rotational position; and a motor that drives the lever lock; a first switch that detects a rotational position of the lever lock; a second switch that detects a rotational position of the latch; and a connecting unit that electrically connects the connecting portion to the motor, the first switch and the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuntaro Kimura
  • Patent number: 10460116
    Abstract: It is very useful for a bank having offices in a plurality of countries to construct a system that enables bank employees in the offices to share information possessed by the offices. None of conventional systems available to the bank employees in all the offices allow appropriate access control to be performed while complying with laws and regulations that vary among the countries, thus enabling appropriate information to be disclosed to appropriate persons. A system, a method, and a program are provided that allow bank employees in a plurality of countries to access shared information in accordance with the roles & responsibilities of the bank employees while complying with laws and regulations in each country.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonori Ugajin, Masato Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10455951
    Abstract: The cushioning material having a sensor 1 includes a resin sheet 4 composed of photoelastic resin, a cushioning material 21 laminated on the resin sheet 4, a photosensor 15 including a light generating unit 5 and a light receiving unit 8 that are disposed to face each other so as to sandwich the resin sheet 4, and a processor 3 that detects a stress applied to the resin sheet 4 based on the light signal detected by the photosensor 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC., A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masahiko Mitsuzuka, Satoshi Yamasaki, Yoshiro Tajitsu
  • Publication number: 20190320651
    Abstract: A transparent, homogeneous liquiform fertilizer and agrochemical formulation that includes an active agrochemical that is not a fertilizer and a fertilizer together with glycol ether wherein the water solubility of the active agrochemical at 25° C. is more than 100 ppm is provided. The particle diameter of particles in the transparent, homogeneous liquiform fertilizer and agrochemical formulation is less than 100 nm by using a particle size distribution analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: MITSUI CHEMICALS AGRO, INC., HYPONEX JAPAN CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa TSUKAMOTO, Daisuke INOUE, Koichi KIYOTANI, Yutaka SHIOTA
  • Patent number: 10450934
    Abstract: A system (9) of the invention is a system for detecting deterioration of a catalyst (8) provided in an exhaust passage (12) of an internal combustion engine (11), the system including: means (5) that detects a temperature of an exhaust on an upstream side of the catalyst (8); means (6) that detects a temperature of the exhaust on a downstream side of the catalyst (8); a recognition unit (10) that recognizes, both upstream and downstream of the catalyst (8), a change point at which the temperature changes from temperature fall or constant temperature to temperature rise during acceleration operation, or a change point at which the temperature changes from temperature rise or constant temperature to temperature fall during deceleration operation; and a determination unit (10) that determines that the catalyst (8) has deteriorated when a difference (?T or ?T?) between the upstream and downstream change points becomes equal to or longer than a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Munakata, Katsumasa Horii, Yunosuke Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10450788
    Abstract: A vehicle door control system comprises a door that is supported to a vehicle body; an electric door opening device that can open and close the door electrically; a touch panel display that can display an image like the door; a loudspeaker that can create a voice; and a control device that controls the electric door opening device. The control device performs opening control by which the electric door opening device opens the door by touching an image on the touch panel display and performs voice control by which it is reported through the voice from the loudspeaker that the door opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ichinose, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 10443276
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle latch device; a vehicle latch device (1) includes a switch plate (46), which is provided in a housing (23), and is able to conduct electricity to a motor (48) or another electrical component in the housing (23) other than the motor 48; and the switch plate (46) is formed separately from the housing (23) and formed by an electrically conductive plate being embedded in a synthetic resin 462 in a state where a portion thereof electrically conductive to the motor or electrical component and a connection terminal portion thereof to outside are exposed. The switch plate (46) is fixed in the housing 23 by engagement means 255, 256, 257, 464a, 465, and 467 that engage the synthetic resin 462 and the housing 23 with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Akahori, Chenming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10442699
    Abstract: Provided is a new method for producing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, by which even in the case of washing a spinel type lithium transition metal oxide with water or the like, the service life characteristics can be further enhanced, and the concentration of magnetic substances can be effectively reduced. Suggested is a method for producing a positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, the method including a water washing step of bringing a powder of a spinel type lithium transition metal oxide into contact with a polar solvent and thereby washing the powder; and a drying step of subsequently drying the powder by heating the powder to 300° C. to 700° C. in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Kagei, Yoshimi Hata, Yasuhiro Ochi