Patents by Inventor Atsushi Adachi
Atsushi Adachi 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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Patent number: 11965444Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute a determination process that determines that a deviation between a first change amount and a second change amount during a fuel cutoff operation is less than or equal to a threshold, and an anomaly diagnosing process that determines that an exhaust purification device is in a detached state when the determination process determines that the deviation is less than or equal to the threshold. The first change amount and the second change amount are change amounts per unit time of the temperature of exhaust gas on the upstream side and the downstream side of the exhaust purification device, respectively. The controller is configured to interrupt the determination process when the upstream-side temperature increases within a determination period.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toru Yaeo, Yoshifumi Matsuda, Masashi Hakariya, Atsushi Morikawa, Ikuo Hoda, Noriyasu Adachi, Masanori Hayashi, Kenji Igawa
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Patent number: 11958952Abstract: Provided are a surface-treated glass cloth capable of enhancing insulation reliability when used to prepare a prepreg, a prepreg and a printed wiring board using the surface-treated glass cloth. The surface-treated glass cloth includes a surface treatment layer on a surface, a glass constituting the glass cloth has a composition containing 52.0 to 60.0 mass % of SiO2, 15.0 to 26.0 mass % of B2O3, 9.0 to 18.0 mass % of Al2O3, 1.0 to 8.0 mass % of MgO, 1.0 to 10.0 mass % of CaO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of SrO, 0 to 6.0 mass % of TiO2, and 0.1 to 3.0 mass % in total of F2 and Cl2, based on the total amount of the glass, the glass cloth has a surface coverage of 75.0 to 100.0% and a thickness of 8 to 95 ?m, and the surface treatment layer contains a silane coupling agent having a methacrylic group and contains no surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Nitto Boseki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromitsu Miyagi, Kazutaka Adachi, Atsushi Ouchi, Shohei Iwasawa
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Patent number: 11679816Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a side roof rail, a B-pillar and a bracket. The side roof rail has an inboard surface. The B-pillar has an upper end portion that overlays a portion of the inboard surface of the roof rail. The B-pillar extends downward from the roof rail. The bracket has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is fixedly attached to the upper end portion of the B-pillar. The bracket further has a first rib and a second rib spaced apart from the first rib. The first rib and the second rib extend from the first portion of the bracket upward toward the second portion of the bracket. The first portion of the bracket further defines a slot located between the first rib and the second rib.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Bobby Fuentes, Fumio Tejima, Satoshi Sakurai, Atsushi Adachi
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Publication number: 20220097768Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a side roof rail, a B-pillar and a bracket. The side roof rail has an inboard surface. The B-pillar has an upper end portion that overlays a portion of the inboard surface of the roof rail. The B-pillar extends downward from the roof rail. The bracket has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is fixedly attached to the upper end portion of the B-pillar. The bracket further has a first rib and a second rib spaced apart from the first rib. The first rib and the second rib extend from the first portion of the bracket upward toward the second portion of the bracket. The first portion of the bracket further defines a slot located between the first rib and the second rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Bobby FUENTES, Fumio TEJIMA, Satoshi SAKURAI, Atsushi ADACHI
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Publication number: 20220032164Abstract: Described is a low-profile mouth guard formed of layered materials with variable hardness and different molding temperatures joined together to form a composite structure. The mouth guard is formed from a unique blend of materials including PCL (Polycaprolactate), EVA (Polyethylene Polyvinylacetate) and TPU (Thermoplastic Urethane). The unique blend allows a low-profile design that delivers both comfort and protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: Nippon Sigmax Co., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Adachi, Hidenori Kurokawa, Lance Hussey, Mike Schuffert, John Vernon, John Michael Elam, Dean Loock, Ravi Sawhney
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Patent number: 9216861Abstract: A conveyor is provided with a conveyor section, a controller, a confirming part and a detecting part. The conveyor section conveys a belt-shaped work having a plurality of reference points arrayed discontinuously on a surface. The controller selectively operates the conveyor section for intermittently conveying the work for each prescribed interval as a first conveying mode and continuously conveying the work as a second conveying mode. The controller further operates continues the first conveying mode when the reference points are confirmed by a confirming part during the first conveying mode and switching to the second conveying mode when the reference points are not confirmed by the confirming part. The controller further continues the second conveying mode until the reference points are detected by the detecting part during the second conveying mode and switching to the first conveying mode when the reference points are detected by the detecting part.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Automotive Energy Supply CorporationInventors: Atsushi Adachi, Tetsurou Tashiro, Shinji Ishimatsu, Yasufumi Okazaki
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Publication number: 20150005929Abstract: A conveyor is provided with a conveyor section, a controller, a confirming part and a detecting part. The conveyor section conveys a belt-shaped work having a plurality of reference points arrayed discontinuously on a surface. The controller selectively operates the conveyor section for intermittently conveying the work for each prescribed interval as a first conveying mode and continuously conveying the work as a second conveying mode. The controller further operates continues the first conveying mode when the reference points are confirmed by a confirming part during the first conveying mode and switching to the second conveying mode when the reference points are not confirmed by the confirming part. The controller further continues the second conveying mode until the reference points are detected by the detecting part during the second conveying mode and switching to the first conveying mode when the reference points are detected by the detecting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Atsushi Adachi, Tetsurou Tashiro, Shinji Ishimatsu, Yasufumi Okazaki
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Patent number: 8241435Abstract: A washing apparatus that easily washes off metal impurities from a porous metal substrate used as an electrode plate core for an alkaline battery. The washing apparatus includes a liquid bath container which holds a solution for washing off the metal impurities. A guide guides movement of the porous metal substrate in the solution held in the liquid bath container. The porous metal substrate is wound into a hoop in a coil-shaped manner, and the guide guides the movement of a sheet portion of the porous metal substrate unwound from the hoop. A winding mechanism winds the sheet portion after being fed through the liquid bath container.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Ito, Atsushi Adachi, Yasufumi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20100073251Abstract: A behind-the-wall antenna system according to the present invention comprises: a wall; a converging reflector (corner reflector) which reflects radio waves so as to form a region behind the wall in which the electric field strength is great; an antenna arranged in the region between the wall and the converging reflector in which the electric field strength is greater than that in the surroundings; and a transmission path connected to the antenna. A resonance space is formed between the front face of the wall and the converging reflector. Furthermore, the distance between the wall and the reflector is adjusted so as to create an impedance matching state between the antenna and the space on the front side of the wall. With such an arrangement, the radio waves are directly used behind the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: Enegene Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shizuo MIZUSHINA, Atsushi ADACHI
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Patent number: 7666549Abstract: An alkaline storage battery of the present invention includes a battery case and a group of electrodes. The battery case is provided with a resin case and a coating layer made of a resin formed on at least one surface selected from an inner surface and an outer surface of the resin case. The hydrogen permeability coefficient of the resin that is the material of the coating layer is 1×10?15 mol·m/m2·sec·Pa or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maegawa, Noriyuki Fujioka, Haruyoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20090084404Abstract: A washing apparatus that easily washes off metal impurities from a porous metal substrate used as an electrode plate core for an alkaline battery. The washing apparatus includes a liquid bath container which holds a solution for washing off the metal impurities. A guide guides movement of the porous metal substrate in the solution held in the liquid bath container. The porous metal substrate is wound into a hoop in a coil-shaped manner, and the guide guides the movement of a sheet portion of the porous metal substrate unwound from the hoop. A winding mechanism winds the sheet portion after being fed through the liquid bath container.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: PANASONIC EV ENERGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro ITO, Atsushi ADACHI, Yasufumi TANAKA
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Patent number: 7452629Abstract: A nickel metal hydride storage battery included a battery case, and a group of electrode plates arranged in the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a battery case main body having a hole and a lid for closing the hole. The battery case includes a first portion made of a metal or a laminate of a metal and a resin, and a second portion made of a resin; and an area of the first portion is 20% or more and 90% or less with respect to the entire battery case. Thus, a nickel metal hydride storage battery is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen permeating the battery case and capable of suppressing the long-term deterioration.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maekawa, Noriyuki Fujioka
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Publication number: 20080134482Abstract: A plate core material is manufactured by a method including the processes of soaking a core material (11) that is made of nickel or nickel-plated steel and includes copper as an impurity in an aqueous solution (12) containing ammonium ions and hydrogen peroxide, so that the copper is dissolved in the aqueous solution (12), and removing the aqueous solution (12) from the surface of the core material (11). Further, an alkaline storage battery is manufactured by a method including this manufacturing method. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, an alkaline storage battery having higher reliability than that of a conventional alkaline storage battery can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi Adachi, Kazuyuki Kusama, Michio Ozawa, Nobuyasu Morishita, Masaru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7354460Abstract: A plate core material is manufactured by a method including the processes of soaking a core material (11) that is made of nickel or nickel-plated steel and includes copper as an impurity in an aqueous solution (12) containing ammonium ions and hydrogen peroxide, so that the copper is dissolved in the aqueous solution (12), and removing the aqueous solution (12) from the surface of the core material (11). Further, an alkaline storage battery is manufactured by a method including this manufacturing method. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, an alkaline storage battery having higher reliability than that of a conventional alkaline storage battery can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Adachi, Kazuyuki Kusama, Michio Ozawa, Nobuyasu Morishita, Masaru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080005663Abstract: To appropriately process data that is structured with a markup language. A DOM management part, when reading a large document, generates a DOM tree once before it saves part of the information included in the DOM tree to a storage device such as a hard disk. The DOM management part may determine whether or not to save information to the storage device by comparing the memory consumption of the source tree generated and the amount of memory remaining at the present time. The DOM management part may also select which information to save to the storage device based on the memory consumption of the DOM tree, the remaining amount of memory, the remaining amount of the storage device, the operating speed of a CPU, and the like. The DOM management part retains information indicating the tree structure in the memory, and saves information such as element names, attribute names, element values, and attribute values to the storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2005Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Yusuke Fujimaki, Atsushi Adachi, Daisuke Motohashi
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Publication number: 20070111092Abstract: An alkaline storage battery of the present invention includes a battery case and a group of electrodes. The battery case is provided with a resin case and a coating layer made of a resin formed on at least one surface selected from an inner surface and an outer surface of the resin case. The hydrogen permeability coefficient of the resin that is the material of the coating layer is 1×10?15 mol·m/m2·sec·Pa or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicants: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maegawa, Noriyuki Fujioka, Haruyoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070026796Abstract: An underground space structure of a buried radio device includes an underground space, a metallic cover on the underground space, and an emission surface having a ring area including a structure material with transmission of electrical waves surrounding the cover. An underground radio device includes an underground antenna arranged apart from the cover in the underground and a radio device connected to the antenna. A radio device on the ground includes an antenna on the ground and a radio device connected to the antenna. The underground antenna and the antenna on the ground are connected via the emission surface including the ring area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: ENEGENE CO., LTD.Inventors: Shizuo Mizushina, Atsushi Adachi
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Patent number: 6912472Abstract: A method of detecting the location of a failure (e.g., a sudden leak) in a fluid pipeline network, which can be suitably used for estimation of the location of a failure in a water pipeline network, includes the steps of periodically measuring a flow rate or fluid pressure with sensors arranged at a plurality of measuring points along a pipeline in a water pipeline network; comparing a latest measured amount and a previous measured amount at each measuring point to determine if an amount of change at an arbitrary point has exceeded a predetermined value; and calculating a position at which an amount of change becomes maximum, the position being calculated from the magnitudes of the amounts of changes in respective measured values at the time of the detection. The pipeline network may be a water supply and distribution pipeline network which includes a trunk pipeline and branch pipelines.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2003Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Enegene Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shizuo Mizushina, Atsushi Adachi, Takahiro Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20050115037Abstract: A plate core material is manufactured by a method including the processes of soaking a core material (11) that is made of nickel or nickel-plated steel and includes copper as an impurity in an aqueous solution (12) containing ammonium ions and hydrogen peroxide, so that the copper is dissolved in the aqueous solution (12), and removing the aqueous solution (12) from the surface of the core material (11). Further, an alkaline storage battery is manufactured by a method including this manufacturing method. According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, an alkaline storage battery having higher reliability than that of a conventional alkaline storage battery can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Adachi, Kazuyuki Kusama, Michio Ozawa, Nobuyasu Morishita, Masaru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040191619Abstract: A nickel metal hydride storage battery included a battery case, and a group of electrode plates arranged in the battery case, wherein the battery case includes a battery case main body having a hole and a lid for closing the hole. The battery case includes a first portion made of a metal or a laminate of a metal and a resin, and a second portion made of a resin; and an area of the first portion is 20% or more and 90% or less with respect to the entire battery case. Thus, a nickel metal hydride storage battery is capable of controlling the amount of hydrogen permeating the battery case and capable of suppressing the long-term deterioration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsunori Komori, Yoshiaki Ogata, Atsushi Adachi, Katsunori Maekawa, Noriyuki Fujioka