Patents Assigned to The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20230298458Abstract: A communication system includes: a plurality of roadside units installed in respective areas that acquires travel information about a vehicle through radio communication; a first terminal connected to the plurality of roadside units; and a server that executes control as a control plane to acquire the travel information from the roadside unit, predict the roadside unit belonging to the plurality of roadside units and installed in an intended area where the vehicle is predicted to travel and predict arrival time at the intended area based on the acquired travel information, and manage communication through the roadside unit and the first terminal so as to construct a communication path between the predicted roadside unit and the first terminal before the arrival time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryotaka MIYAMOTO, Kenichi GOTO, Yan XIE, Tomoaki TERASAKI, Masahiro ASAMI
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Publication number: 20230295470Abstract: A base material/adhesive layer integrated sheet for a flexible device, containing a flexible film and an adhesive layer, in which the flexible film and the adhesive layer are laminated, an absolute value of a difference between surface free energy of the flexible film and surface free energy of a cured layer obtained by curing the adhesive layer is 30 dyn/cm or less, and the cured layer has a storage modulus of 5.0 GPa or less; and a method of producing a flexible device with the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Koyuki SAKAI, Kenji TOKUHISA
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Publication number: 20230295417Abstract: A resin composition for a flexible device, containing an epoxy resin and a phenoxy resin, wherein a cured product of the resin composition has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or higher, and the cured product has a storage modulus of 5.0 GPa or less, a film-like adhesive using the resin composition, an adhesive sheet having a laminated structure of the film-like adhesive and a flexible base material, and a method of producing a flexible device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Koyuki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20230299569Abstract: Provided are: a joining structure making it possible to join resin plates together without needing to provide a surplus resin plate section for joining, and offering excellent workability in the joining together of resin plates; a method of producing same; and a wire exterior cover using the joining structure. A joining structure 1 comprises a joining part 10 formed by butt-welding a plate surface part 22 of a first resin plate 21 made of a first resin, and an end surface part 24 of a second resin plate 23 made of a second resin. In the joining structure, a foam resin is used for the first resin and a foam resin or a non-foam resin is used for the second resin. The joining part 10 has a welding recess 25 in a surface 22a of the plate surface part 22. In an internal corner 10a of a reverse surface 22b, there is a padding section 27 formed by melt-flowing and solidifying of at least the first resin out of the first resin and the second resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Hiroshi SUYAMA, Takashi OSHINO, Naoyuki KOJIMA
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Publication number: 20230288737Abstract: An optical module includes: a polarization controller that includes a main body including a polarization multiplexer and demultiplexer portion that, upon input of two kinds of light that are in perpendicularly-polarized states, performs polarization multiplexing on the two kinds of light and output polarization-multiplexed light, and upon input of light, performs polarization demultiplexing on the light and outputs two kinds of light that are in perpendicularly-polarized states, a first polarizer, a first input portion, a second input portion, a third input portion, a first output portion, and a second output portion; and an optical device configured to receive input of light via the polarization controller and output light via the polarization controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya NAGASHIMA, Yozo ISHIKAWA, Josuke OZAKI, Yasuaki HASHIZUME
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Publication number: 20230272199Abstract: A resin composition, including: an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin as a resin component; an imidazole compound, a phenol compound, and a thioether compound as an antioxidant; and a bromine compound and an antimony compound as a flame retardant, wherein the resin composition has a content of the imidazole compound of 14 to 24 parts by mass, a content of the phenol compound of 1.0 to 2.0 parts by mass, a content of the thioether compound of 0.3 to 0.9 parts by mass, a content of the bromine compound of 15 to 30 parts by mass, and a content of the antimony compound of 5 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a total content of the resin component in the resin composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Michimasa WATANABE, Akihiro NAGAO, Hideyuki OSUGA
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Publication number: 20230275427Abstract: A power system includes: power converters, each including a power conversion unit configured to convert an input power, and output the converted power, a controller configured to execute a primary control for controlling the output by controlling the power conversion unit based on: a reference function having a drooping characteristic defined according to an input value and a voltage of the bus or a power of the power converter to which the power conversion unit is connected, and an update unit configured to update a control method on the output; a central control device configured to execute a secondary control of controlling the power converter; the bus connected to the power conversion unit; and a power element connected to the power converter and configured to supply, consume and charge power. The central control device performs the secondary control on the power converter according to an update instruction to update the control method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro RIKISO, Asuka ABE
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Publication number: 20230272198Abstract: A resin composition, including the following components (A) and (B); and at least one kind of the following components (C) and (D): (A) a low density polyethylene resin; (B) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin; (C) a thioether compound; and (D) fluororubber, in which: a content of the component (A) is 5 to 40 parts by mass and a content of the component (B) is 60 to 95 parts by mass in 100 parts by mass of a total content of the components (A) and (B), a total content of the components (C) and (D) is 0.05 to 1 part by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total content of the components (A) and (B), and a proportion of a vinyl acetate component in the component (B) is 40 mass % or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Kenji TAKAHASHI, Hideyuki OSUGA
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Publication number: 20230264007Abstract: A power supply device includes a power transmission coil which supplies electric power from outside the body in a non-contact manner via a power reception coil of an intracorporeal implanting-type medical appliance to which a drug solution is injected from outside the body. A support supports the power transmission coil, and an adhesive part is formed on the side of the support facing the body surface of a living subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuki SUEMATSU, Atsushi HIMURA, Takeshi YAGI, Kazutaka NARA, Shusuke KAYA, Tsunenori ARAI
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Publication number: 20230269910Abstract: A vapor chamber including a container having a cavity portion formed inside, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, a working fluid sealed in the cavity portion, and a vapor flow path through which the working fluid in a gas phase flows, the vapor flow path being provided in the cavity portion, wherein a container inner surface area increasing unit including a protruding part is formed on an inner surface of the first surface, and a first wick structure is provided on a surface of the protruding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenya KAWABATA, Yoshikatsu INAGAKI, Hirofumi AOKI, Hiroshi OKADA, Yosuke WATANABE, Hideaki KAWABATA
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Publication number: 20230263953Abstract: A medical device that can confirm a predetermined portion in a medical instrument implanted for use in a body. A medical instrument includes a main body part, and a medicinal solution container installed in the main body part. A notification part includes a plurality of light emitting portions that emit light by use of power received by a power receiving part to notify that a predetermined state is reached, when a relative positional relation between a power transmission part and the power receiving part reaches the predetermined state by moving the power transmission part, and a soft part into which an injection needle is inserted, the plurality of light emitting portions are arranged along an outer edge of the soft part. A first coil is a coreless coil disposed to have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the medicinal solution container.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuki SUEMATSU, Atsushi HIMURA, Takeshi YAGI, Kazutaka NARA, Tsunenori ARAI
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Publication number: 20230266069Abstract: A heat transport device in a container having an internal space filled with a working fluid, includes an evaporator which causes the working fluid to evaporate, a condenser separated from the evaporator and which causes the working fluid to condense, and an intermediate part arranged between the evaporator and the condenser and having at least one main groove which extends continuously from the condenser to the evaporator through the intermediate part. A part or entirety of main grooves among the at least one main groove is a sloped groove having a sloped groove bottom that, when viewing a cross section along an extending direction of the main groove, slopes from a groove bottom position of a groove portion positioned at the condenser towards a groove bottom position of the groove portion positioned at the evaporator, so as to approach a bottom surface of the heat transport device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro UEKUBO
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Publication number: 20230268250Abstract: A vapor chamber includes a working fluid in an internal space formed between a first metal plate and a second metal plate. The first metal plate includes a plate part, and a first circumferential edge wall part which extends from a circumferential edge of the plate part toward the second metal plate. The second metal plate includes a plate part, and a second circumferential edge wall part which extends from a circumferential edge of the plate part toward the first metal plate. The vapor chamber includes a joining part and at least one extending part. The first circumferential edge wall part of the first metal plate and the second circumferential edge wall part of the second metal plate are joined by the joining part, and the extending part is joined with the joining part, and extends from the joining part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Saki TAKADA
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Publication number: 20230257301Abstract: Provided is a colored optical fiber of which a primary layer is easily formed. The colored optical fiber includes a bare optical fiber, a primary layer formed of an ultraviolet curing resin covering the bare optical fiber, and a secondary layer formed of an ultraviolet curing resin covering the primary layer. Young's modulus of the primary layer is smaller than 70% with respect to a saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer. The saturated Young's modulus of the primary layer is larger than or equal to 0.84 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniaki ISHIZUKI, Minoru KASAHARA, Mitsuhiro IWAYA
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Publication number: 20230258416Abstract: A vapor chamber has a working fluid in an internal space formed between a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet, in which the first metal sheet includes a recessed channel and at least one projecting part. The recessed channel is provided at an inner surface of the first metal sheet; the projecting part projects from the inner surface of the first metal sheet toward the second metal sheet, and a top face of the projecting part abuts the second metal sheet. The vapor chamber includes at least one top face joining part and gap flow channel part, the top face joining part joins part of the top face of the projecting part and the second metal sheet, and the top face and the second metal sheet are separated at the gap flow channel part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kengo TANAKA
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Publication number: 20230256539Abstract: A laser welding method includes: preparing a first member and a second member, the first member and the second member having a first end portion and a second end portion in a first direction, respectively; arranging the second member adjacent to the first member in a second direction intersecting with the first direction such that a distance between the first end portion and the second end portion is 0 or more along the first direction; forming a first molten pool protruding from the first end portion toward at least the second end portion, by emitting laser light to the first end portion; forming a bridging molten pool by emitting laser light to at least the first end portion after the forming of the first molten pool, the bridging molten pool bridging over the first end portion and the second portion; and solidifying the bridging molten pool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomomichi YASUOKA, Shinji SATOH, Nobuyasu MATSUMOTO, Sayo SUGA, Fumika NISHINO, Jun TERADA, Kazuyuki UMENO, Masamitsu KANEKO, Takashi SHIGEMATSU
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Publication number: 20230252892Abstract: The communication system in an embodiment includes a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a controller that issues an instruction for executing priority control when a priority vehicle passes through a place where a roadside unit is installed. The priority control prioritizes a first communication performed by the priority vehicle via the roadside unit over a second communication performed by anything other than the priority vehicle via the roadside unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro MOCHIZUKI, Kazutaka SHIMOOSAKO, Takumi MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki RIKIHISA
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Publication number: 20230253762Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes: a main body including a first layer having n-type conductivity, a second layer having p-type conductivity, and an active layer interposed between the first layer and the second layer, the first layer, the second layer, and the active layer being laminated in a lamination direction; a front-side mirror formed on a front facet of the main body, the front facet being parallel to the lamination direction; and a rear-side mirror formed on a rear facet of the main body, the rear facet facing the front facet in an optical waveguide direction that crosses the lamination direction and the front facet. The first layer includes an electric field control layer having a shorter composition wavelength than an emission wavelength of the active layer. The second layer includes an optical guide layer having a shorter composition wavelength than the emission wavelength of the active layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki WAKABA
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Publication number: 20230244027Abstract: An optical fiber includes: a core portion; a side core layer surrounding a circumference of the core portion; and a cladding portion surrounding a circumference of the side core layer. Relations, ?1 > ?Clad > ?2 and 0 > ?2, hold, where ?1 denotes an average maximum relative refractive-index difference of the core portion with respect to an average refractive index of the cladding portion, ?2 denotes a relative refractive-index difference of an average refractive index of the side core layer with respect to the average relative refractive index of the cladding portion, and ?Clad denotes a relative refractive-index difference of the average refractive index of the cladding portion with respect to pure quartz glass, ?1 is 0.24% or more and 0.30% or less, ?2 is -0.27% or more and -0.08% or less, (?1 - ?2) is 0.36% or more and 0.57% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazunori MUKASA
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Publication number: 20230244047Abstract: An optical module includes: a casing in which light is propagated; a heating portion; a device arranged inside the casing and configured to change, when heated, characteristics of the light propagated inside the casing; and a first member thermally connected to the heating portion and the device, the first member including a hollow arranged in a heat transfer path from the heating portion to the device and configured to prevent convective heat transmission to an inside of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya NAGASHIMA, Atsushi IZAWA, Atsushi KAJI, Go KOBAYASHI