Patents by Inventor Akinori Takahashi

Akinori Takahashi 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).

  • Patent number: 11958471
    Abstract: A four-wheel drive vehicle includes: a drive-power distribution device for distributing a drive power from an engine to main and auxiliary drive wheels with a drive-power distribution ratio between the main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels; and a control apparatus for controlling an electric motor such that the drive-power distribution ratio becomes a target distribution ratio value, by setting an electric-current command value for driving an electric motor. The control apparatus is configured, in a drive-power transmitted state in which the drive power is transmitted to the drive-power distribution device, to execute a command-value reduction control operation for causing the electric motor to be driven with the electric-current command value being set to a value smaller than in a drive-power non-transmitted state in which the drive power is not being transmitted to the drive-power distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Tabata, Koichi Okuda, Koji Takaira, Akinori Takahashi, Yuuki Makino
  • Publication number: 20240097441
    Abstract: A management system includes a plurality of resources configured to be electrically connected to an external power supply, and a management device configured to manage the resources. The management device includes a planning unit and a management unit. The planning unit is configured to determine a power balancing plan of each of the resources by using first information on a use schedule of each of the resources and second information indicating a magnitude of an environmental load in a process of generating electric power to be supplied by the external power supply. The management unit is configured to manage the resources to cause each of the resources to operate according to the power balancing plan or a modified power balancing plan in power balancing of the external power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER MIRAIZ CO., INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Yusuke HORII, Eiko Megan UCHIDA, Masashi TANAKA, Masato EHARA, Sachio TOYORA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Akinori MORISHIMA, Takuji MATSUBARA, Tohru NAKAMURA, Ryou TAKAHASHI, Kenta ITO, Toshiki SUZUKI, Atsushi MIYASHITA, Takashi OCHIAI
  • Patent number: 11926233
    Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control supply of electric power generated by a solar panel mounted on a vehicle includes a supply destination setting unit configured to set, based on a condition of the vehicle, a target device that is a destination for the supply of the electric power generated by the solar panel, a target setting unit configured to set, depending on the target device set by the supply destination setting unit, target output electric power to be output from the solar panel to the target device, and a power controller configured to control the electric power to be supplied from the solar panel to the target device based on the target output electric power set by the target setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuma Miyamoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Akinori Kawamura, Taisuke Hayashi, Takashi Fukai, Kohki Ohkoshi
  • Publication number: 20230340167
    Abstract: A polymerization catalyst composition contains a rare earth element carboxylate, a phosphate ester represented by the following general formula (1): (wherein Rs are each independently an alkyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms), and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: DIC Corporation, National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakano, Katsuhiko Takenaka, Tomoyuki Toda
  • Publication number: 20230019574
    Abstract: Provided are a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin having a high curing accelerating ability, and a printing ink and a coating material each including the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin. Specifically, there are provided a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal salt (A) and an imidazole compound (B), a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal salt (A), a ligand compound (C) and an imidazole compound (B), a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal complex (D) and an imidazole compound (B), and a printing ink and a coating material using the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Takayuki Odashima
  • Publication number: 20210394739
    Abstract: A four-wheel drive vehicle includes: a drive-power distribution device for distributing a drive power from an engine to main and auxiliary drive wheels with a drive-power distribution ratio between the main drive wheels and auxiliary drive wheels; and a control apparatus for controlling an electric motor such that the drive-power distribution ratio becomes a target distribution ratio value, by setting an electric-current command value for driving an electric motor. The control apparatus is configured, in a drive-power transmitted state in which the drive power is transmitted to the drive-power distribution device, to execute a command-value reduction control operation for causing the electric motor to be driven with the electric-current command value being set to a value smaller than in a drive-power non-transmitted state in which the drive power is not being transmitted to the drive-power distribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi TABATA, Koichi OKUDA, Koji TAKAIRA, Akinori TAKAHASHI, Yuuki MAKINO
  • Patent number: 11053372
    Abstract: Provided are a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin having a high curing accelerating ability, and a printing ink and a coating material. Specifically, there are provided a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin, containing a metal complex (?) having an anion compound (?) represented by the following structural formula (1-1) or (1-2) as a ligand: wherein R1 is any one of a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfo group, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, a hydrocarbon oxy group which may have a substituent, and a hydrocarbon oxycarbonyl group which may have a substituent, m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 6, and X is any one of a carboxylate group, a hydrogen atom, and the R1 group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Takayuki Odashima
  • Patent number: 10738203
    Abstract: To provide a curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin which can decrease the amount of cobalt metal soap used and has curing performance equal to or higher than excellent curing performance of the cobalt metal soap, and a printing ink and a coating material using the same. A curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin including a manganese or cobalt complex (?) containing quinolinol compound ions represented by Structural Formula (1) as a ligand, and a printing ink and a coating material including the curing accelerator. In the formula, R1 is any of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfo group, and a halogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Akinori Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakano, Takayuki Odashima, Ichiro Azuma
  • Patent number: 10703267
    Abstract: An attention attracting device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit configure to: detect a plurality of types of attention information around an own vehicle; apply vibration, by using a vibrator, to a vehicular seat; display, using a display, an attention information content corresponding to each of the plurality of types of attention information; when the information detection unit detects attention information, operate the vibrator when the attention information is detected and cause a display to display the attention information content corresponding to the detected attention information when the attention information is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita Iwasaki, Keiichi Kondo, Akinori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200190284
    Abstract: Provided are a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin having a high curing accelerating ability, and a printing ink and a coating material. Specifically, there are provided a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin, containing a metal complex (?) having an anion compound (?) represented by the following structural formula (1-1) or (1-2) as a ligand: wherein R1 is any one of a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfo group, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, a hydrocarbon oxy group which may have a substituent, and a hydrocarbon oxycarbonyl group which may have a substituent, m is 0 or an integer of 1 to 3, n is 0 or an integer of 1 to 6, and X is any one of a carboxylate group, a hydrogen atom, and the R1 group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori TAKAHASHI, Takayuki ODASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10683010
    Abstract: In a four-wheel-drive vehicle having auxiliary drive wheels to which power of a drive power source is transmitted via a transmission member, in which connecting/disconnecting devices are provided between the drive power source and the transmission member and between the transmission member and the auxiliary drive wheels such that one of the connecting/disconnecting devices is a friction engagement clutch while the other is a dog clutch, when switching from two-wheel-drive running mode in which both the clutches are disconnected to four-wheel-drive running mode, an acceleration/deceleration adaptive synchronization portion sets an allowable deceleration based on a vehicle acceleration/deceleration and controls an engagement torque of the friction engagement clutch to make the deceleration of the vehicle equal to the allowable deceleration when the rotation speed of the transmission member is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Terumichi Asai
  • Publication number: 20200109278
    Abstract: Provided are a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin having a high curing accelerating ability, and a printing ink and a coating material each including the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin. Specifically, there are provided a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal salt (A) and an imidazole compound (B), a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal salt (A), a ligand compound (C) and an imidazole compound (B), a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin containing a metal complex (D) and an imidazole compound (B), and a printing ink and a coating material using the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization type unsaturated resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Akinori Takahashi, Takayuki Odashima
  • Patent number: 10501066
    Abstract: A control device for a power transmission device including an automatic transmission and a sub transmission is provided. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a rotation speed decrease control in which at least one frictional engagement device is controlled to be an engaged state or a semi-engaged state at a time when switching of gear stage of the sub transmission is started or a time when the switching is started. The electronic control unit is configured to end the rotation speed decrease control during switching of the gear stage. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the sub transmission from the power transmission cutoff state to a state in which one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element is engaged, during disengagement of the at least one frictional engagement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Arai, Koji Takaira, Akinori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20190176696
    Abstract: An attention attracting device for a vehicle includes an electronic control unit configure to: detect a plurality of types of attention information around an own vehicle; apply vibration, by using a vibrator, to a vehicular seat; display, using a display, an attention information content corresponding to each of the plurality of types of attention information; when the information detection unit detects attention information, operate the vibrator when the attention information is detected and cause a display to display the attention information content corresponding to the detected attention information when the attention information is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keita IWASAKI, Keiichi KONDO, Akinori TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20190039621
    Abstract: In a four-wheel-drive vehicle having auxiliary drive wheels to which power of a drive power source is transmitted via a transmission member, in which connecting/disconnecting devices are provided between the drive power source and the transmission member and between the transmission member and the auxiliary drive wheels such that one of the connecting/disconnecting devices is a friction engagement clutch while the other is a dog clutch, when switching from two-wheel-drive running mode in which both the clutches are disconnected to four-wheel-drive running mode, an acceleration/deceleration adaptive synchronization portion sets an allowable deceleration based on a vehicle acceleration/deceleration and controls an engagement torque of the friction engagement clutch to make the deceleration of the vehicle equal to the allowable deceleration when the rotation speed of the transmission member is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori TAKAHASHI, Terumichi ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180237645
    Abstract: To provide a curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin which can decrease the amount of cobalt metal soap used and has curing performance equal to or higher than excellent curing performance of the cobalt metal soap, and a printing ink and a coating material using the same. A curing accelerator for an oxidatively polymerizable unsaturated resin including a manganese or cobalt complex (?) containing quinolinol compound ions represented by Structural Formula (1) as a ligand, and a printing ink and a coating material including the curing accelerator. In the formula, R1 is any of a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfo group, and a halogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Akinori Takahashi, Hiroaki Nakano, Takayuki Odashima, Ichiro Azuma
  • Publication number: 20180086328
    Abstract: A control device for a power transmission device including an automatic transmission and a sub transmission is provided. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform a rotation speed decrease control in which at least one frictional engagement device is controlled to be an engaged state or a semi-engaged state at a time when switching of gear stage of the sub transmission is started or a time when the switching is started. The electronic control unit is configured to end the rotation speed decrease control during switching of the gear stage. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the sub transmission from the power transmission cutoff state to a state in which one of the high-speed engagement element and the low-speed engagement element is engaged, during disengagement of the at least one frictional engagement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki ARAI, Koji TAKAIRA, Akinori TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9896603
    Abstract: There is provided a highly versatile curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin. There are also provided a printing ink and a coating material that use the above curing accelerator. Specifically, the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin that is used contains a fatty acid manganese salt (A) and a compound (B) represented by formula (1) below, (wherein R1 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, or an amino group, R2 and R5 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, a hydrocarbonoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a halogen atom, R3 and R6 are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R7 is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and wherein R1 and R2 may form a ring, and R4 and R5 may form a ring).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunaga, Akinori Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20160152867
    Abstract: There is provided a highly versatile curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin. There are also provided a printing ink and a coating material that use the above curing accelerator. Specifically, the curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin that is used contains a fatty acid manganese salt (A) and a compound (B) represented by formula (1) below, (wherein R1 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, or an amino group, R2 and R5 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbonoxy group, a hydrocarbonoxycarbonyl group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or a halogen atom, R3 and R6 are each a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and R7 is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and wherein R1 and R2 may form a ring, and R4 and R5 may form a ring).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunaga, Akinori Takahashi, Hitoshi Hayakawa
  • Patent number: 8960034
    Abstract: In a vehicle drive device, a response to a range change request, during which the drive wheels are rotated in a low or high range, can be smoothly and quickly completed without using a synchronous engaging mechanism. When the range change is requested when the drive wheels are rotated in the low range or in the high range, the control devices disengage a clutch sleeve from a currently engaged gear piece so as to establish a neutral range, and control an output rotational speed of the motor generator such that a difference between an input rotational speed and an output rotational speed of the transmission mechanism is set to be zero, or be equal to or less than a predetermined value. After that, the control devices cause a connection processor to slide the clutch sleeve to be connected to a connection target gear piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akinori Takahashi