Patents by Inventor Akihiko Kobayashi
Akihiko Kobayashi 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: 20240104442Abstract: The information processing apparatus acquires biological information of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft. The information processing apparatus acquires flight information corresponding to the acquired biological information from a storage device in which the biological information of the passenger and the flight information of the passenger are stored in association with each other. Then, the information processing apparatus determines, based on the acquired flight information, whether the passenger is a passenger who is to re-board an aircraft after disembarking from the aircraft. The information processing apparatus displays information according to the determination result on display devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Akihiko Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11938547Abstract: A turning tool includes: a holder portion; and a cutting edge portion fixed to the holder portion, wherein the cutting edge portion is composed of a synthetic single-crystal diamond, and the cutting edge portion has a nose curvature having a curvature radius of more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 1.2 mm, and the nose curvature satisfies at least one of a condition that a direction of a line of intersection between the rake face and a bisecting cross section of a vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <110> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond, and a condition that the direction of the line of intersection between the rake face and the bisecting cross section of the vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <100> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Takuya Nohara, Yutaka Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20240086784Abstract: A status notification apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger of an aircraft, the face image data having been acquired at departure/arrival airports of the aircraft, and acquires, from a storage device in which arrival destination information regarding the arrival destination of the aircraft, the face image data of the passenger, and identification information identifying the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance, the identification information and the arrival destination information corresponding to the acquired face image data. The status notification apparatus acquires a movement status of the passenger, and notifies a service provider at the arrival destination of the acquired movement status and the acquired identification information based on the acquired arrival destination information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20240086986Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft, and acquires flight information corresponding to the face image data acquired by an image capture device from a storage device in which flight information of the passenger and the face image data of the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance. It is determined based on the acquired flight information whether the passenger is a transit passenger. Sightseeing area information regarding the sightseeing area of the tour is acquired, and if the passenger is a transit passenger, a tour based on the sightseeing area information and flight information is searched for. The information of the searched-for tour is displayed on display devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masanori Kobayashi, Akihiko Ichikawa
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Publication number: 20240070721Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires face image data of a passenger who has disembarked from an aircraft from an image capture device, and acquires identification information corresponding to the face image data acquired from the image capture device from the storage device. In the storage device, the identification information of the passenger, which includes flight information of the passenger, and the face image data of the passenger are stored in association with each other in advance. The information processing apparatus determines, based on the flight information included in the acquired identification information, whether the passenger is a passenger who is to re-board an aircraft after disembarking from the aircraft. If the passenger is a re-boarding passenger, a tour suitable for the passenger is determined based on the acquired identification information, and the information is displayed on the display devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Masanori KOBAYASHI, Akihiko ICHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230323122Abstract: A curable silicone composition of the present invention includes (A) straight-chain organopolysiloxane which has at least two alkenyl groups bound to a silicon atom and ?0 mol% and <5 mol% of aryl groups per molecule, (B) organopolysiloxane resin which has at least two alkenyl groups bound to a silicon atom per molecule: 0-10 mass% based on the total mass of organopolysiloxane having alkenyl groups bound to a silicon atom and organopolysiloxane having hydrogen atoms bound to a silicon atom in the composition; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin which a specific molecular structure in the form of a network, with at least two hydrogen atoms bound to a silicon atom per molecule: and (E) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; and mols of SiH/mols of Si-bound alkenyl groups in the total quantity of organopolysiloxane = 1-3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Akihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230287183Abstract: A curable silicone composition of the present invention contains certain quantities of straight-chain organopolysiloxane which has at least two alkenyl groups and bound to silicon atoms and ?0 mol % and <5 mol % of aryl groups per molecule, organopolysiloxane resin having at least two alkenyl groups bound to a silicon atom in the molecule, organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin which has a network molecular structure with at least two hydrogen atoms bound to a silicon atom per molecule, organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin which has a network molecular structure with at least two hydrogen atoms bound to a silicon atom per molecule, only at the end of the molecule, and hydrosilylation reaction catalyst, and (total mols of silicon-atoms-bound) hydrogen atoms/(total mols of silicon-atom-bound alkenyl groups) in the organopolysiloxane in the composition=1-3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Shunya TAKEUCHI, Akihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230001275Abstract: A golf club comprises a tubular shaft and a weight member. The shaft has a first end having a first inner diameter and a second end on the opposite side thereof. The weight member is attached to the first end, and comprises an insertion portion disposed in the hollow of the shaft, an engaging portion engaged with the first end on the outside of the shaft, protrusions protruding radially from the insertion portion. Each protrusion has a tapered portion in which the radially outwardly protruding height from the insertion portion is decreased toward the second end. The length of each tapered portion is more than 50% of the maximum length of the protrusion, both measured in the shaft axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akihiko KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi HASEGAWA
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Patent number: 11452181Abstract: A heating cooker includes a housing having an exhaust aperture; a top plate on the housing with a heating zone; a heating coil to perform induction heating to heat a heating target on the heating zone; an air-sending device; a cooling air guide having an air outlet, to guide air from the air-sending device to the air outlet; and an exhaust air guide aperture with an air passage extending from a first inlet to a first outlet. The air outlet and the exhaust aperture are aligned with each other and the air outlet of the cooling air guide and the heating coil are aligned each other, both in the front and back direction. The air outlet is arranged on a front side relative to a center of the heating coil. The air passage of the exhaust air guide has a longer length than the first outlet of the air passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Akira Shiga, Sota Komae
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Publication number: 20220226704Abstract: A golf club includes a club shaft having a first end, a second end, and an inner peripheral surface defining an inner space of the club shaft, and a weight piece installed on a first end side of the club shaft. The weight piece includes an insertion portion located in the inner space, and an engagement portion located outside the club shaft to engage the first end. The insertion portion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has an outer diameter smaller than the first inner diameter. The second portion includes a large diameter portion having an outer diameter larger than the first inner diameter in a state before being placed in the club shaft, and at least one rigidity-lowered portion that elastically deforms the second portion so that the outer diameter of the large diameter portion becomes smaller when receiving an external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kota MAEDA, Hiroshi HASEGAWA, Akihiko KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220204771Abstract: Curable silicone compositions, encapsulants including the same, and optical semiconductor devices including the encapsulants are provided herein. In an embodiment, a curable silicone composition includes: (A) an alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) an epoxy group-containing resinous organopolysiloxane represented by Average Unit Formula (I): (R13SiO1/2)f(R22SiO2/2)g(R1SiO3/2)h(SiO4/2)i(XO1/2)j wherein R1 are independently halogen-substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups, at least two R1 are alkenyl groups; R2 are independently halogen-substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups or epoxy group-containing organic groups, wherein at least one R2 is an epoxy group-containing organic group; X is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; 0?f<1; 0<g<1; 0?h<0.9; 0?i<0.5; and 0<j<0.5; f+g+h+i+j=1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: Dupont Toray Specialty Materials Kabushiki Kaisha, Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Korea Ltd.Inventors: Sawako HORIE, Kasumi TAKEUCHI, Shunya TAKEUCHI, Hyunji KANG, Akihiko KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11370917Abstract: A curable hot-melt silicone composition exhibits excellent mechanical properties, particularly strength and extension, even when formed in a film or sheet shape. The curable hot-melt silicone composition contains (A) alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least 2 alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, at 0.1 to 5% by mass relative to the total mass of the composition, (C) additive represented by average unit formula (C-1), (D) hydrosilylation catalyst, and (E) silica.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: DuPont Toray Specialty Materials Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Sawako Inagaki, Akito Hayashi, Akihiko Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220017746Abstract: A curable silicone composition comprises (A) a resinous alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane including at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and at least one (SiO4/2) unit, (B) a resinous organohydrogenpolysiloxane including at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule and at least one (SiO4/2) unit, (C) a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, and (D) a curing reaction inhibitor. The curable silicone composition exhibits practically effective curability even at low temperatures, has a low shape deformation and shrinkage rate during curing, can be cured in a short period of time, and can form a transparent and high-hardness cured product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Sawako Horie, Shunya Takeuchi, Akihiko Kobayashi, Misoon Jung, Hyunji Kang
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Publication number: 20210407800Abstract: A method includes: preparing a metal sheet and a glass substrate in which an absolute value of a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the glass substrate and the metal sheet is less than or equal to 1.3×10?6/° C. in a temperature range between 25° C. and 100° C. inclusive; joining the glass substrate to the metal sheet with a plastic layer in between; forming a mask plate from the metal sheet by forming mask holes in the metal sheet joined to the glass substrate; joining, to a mask frame, a surface of the mask plate that is opposite to a surface in contact with the plastic layer, the mask frame having a higher rigidity than the mask plate and having a shape that surrounds the entire mask holes; and removing the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask plate joined to the mask frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Mikio SHINNO, Reiji TERADA, Kenta TAKEDA, Akihiko KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10976057Abstract: A cooker includes a top plate provided with a plurality of cooking zones on any of which a heating object is to be placed, a plurality of heaters each provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of cooking zones, a housing provided below the top plate and accommodating the plurality of heaters, a storage defined by a partition and provided in the housing, a door configured to cover an opening provided at the housing and communicating with the storage, and a storage case attached to the door and stored in the storage. A center of gravity of the cooker is positioned closer to a width-direction center of the housing than a width-direction end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Hayato Yoshino
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Patent number: 10920992Abstract: A cooker includes a heating coil, a housing accommodating the heating coil, a top plate provided on the housing, a partition defining a storage in the housing and below the heating coil and including a first partition extending parallel to the top plate and a second partition extending perpendicularly to the first partition, a first facing wall facing the first partition with a gap defined between the first facing wall and the first partition, a second facing wall facing the second partition with a gap defined between the second facing wall and the second partition, a heat-insulating layer provided between the first partition and the first facing wall, and a heat-insulating layer provided between the second partition and the second facing wall, the heat-insulating layers being each made of a substance having a lower thermal conductivity than one of the first facing wall and the second facing wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Hayato Yoshino
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CURABLE HOTMELT SILICONE COMPOSITION, ENCAPSULANT, FILM AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESCRIPTION
Publication number: 20210032471Abstract: A curable hot-melt silicone composition exhibits excellent mechanical properties, particularly strength and extension, even when formed in a film or sheet shape. The curable hot-melt silicone composition contains (A) alkenyl group-containing organopolysiloxane having at least 2 alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, at 0.1 to 5% by mass relative to the total mass of the composition, (C) additive represented by average unit formula (C-1), (D) hydrosilylation catalyst, and (E) silica.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Sawako Inagaki, Akito Hayashi, Akihiko Kobayashi -
Publication number: 20200374991Abstract: A heating cooker includes a housing having an exhaust aperture formed on an upper surface thereof; a top plate disposed on the housing, and provided with a heating zone disposed, in plan view, on a front side relative to the exhaust aperture; a heating coil configured to heat a heating target placed on the heating zone; an air-sending device; a cooling air guide having an air outlet, and configured to guide an air flow from the air-sending device to the air outlet; and an exhaust air guide disposed over the exhaust aperture, the exhaust air guide being formed with an air passage extending from a first inlet to a first outlet locating upper than the first inlet and a second outlet. In plan view, the air outlet of the cooling air guide and the exhaust aperture are aligned with each other in a front and back direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Akihiko KOBAYASHI, Akira SHIGA, Sota KOMAE
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Publication number: 20200018490Abstract: A cooker includes a heating coil, a housing accommodating the heating coil, a top plate provided on the housing, a partition defining a storage in the housing and below the heating coil and including a first partition extending parallel to the top plate and a second partition extending perpendicularly to the first partition, a first facing wall facing the first partition with a gap defined between the first facing wall and the first partition, a second facing wall facing the second partition with a gap defined between the second facing wall and the second partition, a heat-insulating layer provided between the first partition and the first facing wall, and a heat-insulating layer provided between the second partition and the second facing wall, the heat-insulating layers being each made of a substance having a lower thermal conductivity than one of the first facing wall and the second facing wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Akihiko KOBAYASHI, Hayato YOSHINO
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Publication number: 20190174920Abstract: A cooker includes a top plate on which a heating object is to be placed, a heater configured to heat the heating object placed on the top plate, a housing provided below the top plate and accommodating the heater, a storage defined by a partition provided in the housing, a door configured to cover an opening provided at the housing and communicating with the storage, and an opening-and-closing mechanism configured to support the door and allow the door to be moved away from and toward the partition defining the storage. The opening-and-closing mechanism includes a first rail provided on the partition and extending in a depth direction of the storage, and a second rail connected to the door and allowed to be moved along the first rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Akihiko KOBAYASHI, Hayato YOSHINO