Patents by Inventor Akira Koyama

Akira Koyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20140115954
    Abstract: To provide an aviation fuel oil composition which has excellent life cycle characteristics and achieves excellent specific fuel consumption. The aviation fuel oil composition according to the present invention includes: a first base which is a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 280° C. obtained through a step of hydrotreating a first feedstock containing a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil and fat or a second feedstock which is an oil blend of the first feedstock and a petroleum-based base obtained by refining a crude oil; and a second base which is a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 280° C. obtained from a heavy oil cracking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 8615007
    Abstract: To provide a switching system with telephone switching function mainly on the basis of hardware processing by using isochronous channel which is a real time communication channel. The switching system comprises a gateway node connected with ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), and one or more extension nodes, and a serial bus such as IEEE 1394 bus. The gateway node transforms data rate of outside line into data rate of extension node, and the other way around, and secure a seamless communication channel. Concretely, the gateway node secures an isochronous channel, according to a request from the extension nodes or the outside line, and executes switching such as transfer or reservation. A resource manager holds a table for managing the gateway node and extension node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20130216928
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an electronic device include: a fuel supply port; a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel to be supplied from the first supply port through a first fluid channel; a fuel cell for generating power by using the liquid fuel supplied from the fuel tank through a second fluid channel; a first valve that is installed in the second fluid channel for controlling supply of the liquid fuel to the fuel cell; a voltage generator that is installed in the first fluid channel for generating a voltage using a pressure of the liquid fuel that is supplied from the fuel supply port; and a valve control unit for controlling an open/closed state of the first valve according to an application of the voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakajima, Akira Koyama, Yoshiyuki Shinoda
  • Patent number: 8421405
    Abstract: It is possible to prevent charge of an incompatible secondary cell while suppressing the size of a mobile electronic device and a secondary cell without increasing power consumption so as to prevent damage of the secondary cell or the mobile electronic device by charge. A detachable secondary cell (30) supplies power to a mobile electronic device (2). The mobile electronic device (2) includes: a cell terminal (60) which outputs and inputs power to/from the mounted secondary cell (30); non-contact information extraction means (20) which performs a magnetic field communication; a loop antenna (26) which transmits/receives a signal using an electromagnetic wave by the non-contact information extraction means (20); and control means (22) which acquires particular information outputted from the non-contact information extraction means (20) and controls charge of the secondary cell (30) according to the acquired particular information. The loop antenna (26) is arranged in the cell terminal (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakajima, Akira Koyama
  • Patent number: 8414192
    Abstract: In the cage, on opposing edges of an outer circumferential opening of each of some of cage pockets, guiding faces for limiting the inward displacement in the radial direction of each of balls for a pitch circle diameter are provided; and on opposing edges of the inner circumferential opening of each of remaining cage pockets, guiding faces for limiting the outward displacement in the radial direction of each of the balls for the pitch circle diameter are provided, thereby making a ball guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekimoto, Akira Koyama
  • Patent number: 8392131
    Abstract: Provided are a portable electronic device which accurately judges service life of a battery even when the battery is replaced, and a method for controlling such portable electronic device. A control block (48) is provided with a voltage measuring section (100), which is connected to a rechargeable battery (32) and measures a voltage value of the rechargeable battery (32); and a control section (101), which measures the voltage of the rechargeable battery (32) by means of the voltage measuring section (100) each time recharging of the rechargeable battery (32) is started and ended, and controls to store recharge count information specified based on the measured voltage value in a storage section (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakajima, Akira Koyama, Takanobu Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20130053099
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a human body detecting system includes a mobile communication device, a stand, and a false detection reducing unit. The mobile communication device includes a communication unit for performing communication. The stand includes a human sensor for detecting a human body based on an ambient temperature distribution, and a storage unit for storing detection information of the human sensor. The false detection reducing unit is configured to perform false detection reducing processing on at least either one of the detection information of the human sensor and operation of the human sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihisa NABATA, Akira KOYAMA, Takanori HASHIZUME, Akinori KANAI
  • Publication number: 20120281692
    Abstract: To provide a switching system with telephone switching function mainly on the basis of hardware processing by using isochronous channel which is a real time communication channel. The switching system comprises a gateway node connected with ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), and one or more extension nodes, and a serial bus such as IEEE 1394 bus. The gateway node transforms data rate of outside line into data rate of extension node, and the other way around, and secure a seamless communication channel. Concretely, the gateway node secures an isochronous channel, according to a request from the extension nodes or the outside line, and executes switching such as transfer or reservation. A resource manager holds a table for managing the gateway node and extension node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Akira KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120262858
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing; a hinge portion for coupling the first housing and the second housing; and a fuel cell that is mounted to at least either one of the first housing and the second housing, and that uses liquid fuel. The hinge portion has formed thereon a fuel injection port from which the liquid fuel used in the fuel cell can be externally injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Suda, Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20120216449
    Abstract: A method for producing an aviation fuel oil base includes obtaining a first generated oil by hydrotreating a feedstock by bringing a feedstock which includes an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oils and fat into contact with a first dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of group 6A of the periodic table, a metal of group 8, and an amorphous solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen; and obtaining a second generated oil including an aviation fuel oil base by hydroisomerizing the first generated oil by bringing the first generated oil into contact with a second dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of the group 8 of the periodic table and a crystalline solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hayasaka, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
  • Patent number: 8249061
    Abstract: To provide a switching system with telephone switching function mainly on the basis of hardware processing by using isochronous channel which is a real time communication channel. The switching system comprises a gateway node connected with ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), and one or more extension nodes, and a serial bus such as IEEE 1394 bus. The gateway node transforms data rate of outside line into data rate of extension node, and the other way around, and secure a seamless communication channel. Concretely, the gateway node secures an isochronous channel, according to a request from the extension nodes or the outside line, and executes switching such as transfer or reservation. A resource manager holds a table for managing the gateway node and extension node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20120209038
    Abstract: The aviation fuel oil base of the present invention is obtained by hydrotreating an oil to be treated containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oils and fat and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound and then hydroisomerizing the resultant hydrotreated oil, wherein a yield of a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 300° C. is 70 mass % or more; an isoparaffin content is 80 mass % or more; a content of isoparaffin having 2 or more branches is 17 mass % or more; an aromatic content is less than 0.1 vol %; an olefin content is less than 0.1 vol %; a sulfur content is less than 1 mass ppm; and an oxygen content is less than 0.1 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20120198757
    Abstract: To provide an aviation fuel oil composition which has excellent life cycle characteristics and achieves excellent specific fuel consumption. The aviation fuel oil composition according to the present invention includes: a first base which is a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 280° C. obtained through a step of hydrotreating a first feedstock containing a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil and fat or a second feedstock which is an oil blend of the first feedstock and a petroleum-based base obtained by refining a crude oil; and a second base which is a fraction having a boiling range of 140 to 280° C. obtained from a heavy oil cracking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20110219677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing an aviation fuel base oil having excellent combustibility, oxidation stability and life cycle characteristics, hydrotreating in the presence of hydrogen a feedstock comprising an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat (preferably an animal or vegetable fat that contains fatty acids each having 10 to 14 carbon atoms in the fatty acid carbon chain in the total amount of 60 percent by mass or more) and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound. The present invention also provides a process for producing an aviation fuel base oil by blending such an aviation fuel base oil and an aviation fuel base oil produced by refining crude oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20110219676
    Abstract: The present invention provides an environment friendly aviation fuel base oil having combustibility, oxidation stability and excellent life cycle characteristics and contributing to diversification of primary energy, which is produced by hydrotreating a feedstock comprising a mixed oil of an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound or a feedstock comprising said mixed oil and a petroleum base oil produced by refining crude oil and an aviation fuel composition comprising the aviation fuel base oil, and an aviation fuel composition containing such an aviation fuel base oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20110218376
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil of the present invention comprises a first step wherein a plurality of reaction zones filled with a specific catalyst is disposed in series and a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil is supplied and hydrotreated under the conditions of a hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less in each of the reaction zones; and a second step wherein hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and water are removed from a product to be treated obtained in the first step to obtain a hydrocarbon oil. Among the plurality of reaction zones, the inlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most upstream side is 150° C. or more and 250° C. or less, the inlet temperature of the second most upstream reaction zone or below is equal to or higher than the condensation temperature of water, and the outlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most downstream side is 260° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Iguchi, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20100332880
    Abstract: An object of the invention is, in a mobile electronic device having a sleep mode for power saving, to make it easy to measure a current in a sleep period without requiring a measurement device with high-resolution precision. On the basis of a reference capacity table and a sleep period current value measured by a measurement device connected from the outside which are stored in a storage unit (16) in advance, a control unit (17) calculates a remaining battery amount by summing a current value actually measured at a non-sleep time and an integrating value of a sleep time and a sleep period current value, and subtracting the sum value from a reference capacity value stored in the reference capacity table (160).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Koyama
  • Publication number: 20100280776
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a mobile electronic device which can accurately judge the service life of a cell even when the cell is replaced. Provided is also a method for controlling the mobile electronic device. A control block (48) includes: a voltage measurement unit (100) which is connected to a charge cell (32) and measures a voltage value of the charge cell (32); and a control unit (101) which performs control to measure a voltage of the charge cell (32) by the voltage measuring unit (100) upon each start and end of charge of the charge cell (32), stores in a storage unit (42), information on a number of charge/discharge times identified by the measured voltage value, and outputs information on the service life of the charge cell (32) according to the information on the number of charge/discharge times from an output unit (equivalent to a display (21) a speaker (45)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Hayakawa, Akira Koyama, Masayoshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20100274509
    Abstract: Provided are a portable electronic device which accurately judges service life of a battery even when the battery is replaced, and a method for controlling such portable electronic device. A control block (48) is provided with a voltage measuring section (100), which is connected to a rechargeable battery (32) and measures a voltage value of the rechargeable battery (32); and a control section (101), which measures the voltage of the rechargeable battery (32) by means of the voltage measuring section (100) each time recharging of the rechargeable battery (32) is started and ended, and controls to store recharge count information specified based on the measured voltage value in a storage section (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Nakajima, Akira Koyama, Takanobu Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20100274508
    Abstract: It is possible to provide a mobile electronic device which can accurately and clearly display a cell service life and a method for controlling the device. The mobile electronic device includes: a charge cell (32); a voltage measuring unit (system IC 64) which is connected to the charge cell (32) and measures a voltage of the charge cell (32); an output unit (display 21) which outputs various information; a memory (63) which stores a weighting value for each of voltage values; and a control unit (system IC 64) which measures a voltage of the charge cell (32) by the voltage measuring unit upon each start and end of charge of the charge cell (32), extracts a weighting value corresponding to the measured voltage value from the memory (63), successively adds the extracted weighting values so as to identify information on a number of charge times, and stores the information in the memory (63).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Takanobu Hayakawa, Masayoshi Nakajima