Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kobayashi
Atsushi 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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Patent number: 11958017Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow-fiber membrane module including: a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes bundled in a potting part; a housing enclosing the hollow-fiber membrane bundle; and a protective member contacting with an outer surface of the potting part and continuously covering the outer surface, in which the protective member has a notched part through which one end of the protective member communicates with another end in a longitudinal direction of the hollow-fiber membrane bundle.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Masato Yanagibashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Shun Shimura
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Patent number: 11955353Abstract: A temperature adjustment device includes a flow path plate that includes a flow path groove, a heat transfer plate that faces the flow path groove, and a thermoelectric module plate that is connected to the heat transfer plate. A surface roughness of the flow path plate is 0.20 ?m or more and 0.25 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KELK Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Hideaki Ohkubo
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Patent number: 11953858Abstract: A watch includes crystal, a dial including a marking, a pointer including a luminous body, and a light-transmissive member disposed between the crystal and the dial, the light-transmissive member including a first face facing the crystal and a second face facing the dial, in which the first face is provided with a first luminous member and a second luminous member, and the second face is provided with a third luminous member and a fourth luminous member.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshinori Nakazawa, Tetsuya Miyake, Atsushi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20240102883Abstract: A vibration reproduction device (100) is a vibration reproduction device that reproduces vibration of a pipeline (10) attached to a structure, and includes: a plurality of support members (101a, 101b) for supporting the pipeline; a fixing members (102a, 102b) for fastening the pipeline to the support members; support bases (103a, 103b) that are joined to the support members and to which a vibration force is applied; and viscoelastic members (106a, 106b) provided between the support bases and the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yuta IKEGUCHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Daisuke UCHIBORI, Atsushi ARATAKE, Masafumi NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240102967Abstract: A vibration test device (100) is a vibration test device for testing vibration of a pipeline (10) attached to a structure. The vibration test device includes a plurality of support members (101a, 101b) that are joined to a wall surface with a predetermined gap therebetween and support the pipeline, a first fixing member (102a) that fastens the pipeline to a first support member at a position where one end of the pipeline protrudes from the first support member, a second fixing member (102b) that fastens the pipeline to a second support member at a position where another end of the pipeline protrudes from the second support member, a vibration-applying portion (103) that applies vibration force to one of the support members, a detection unit (104) that detects vibration of the pipeline, and a measurement unit (105) that measures a vibration characteristic of the pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Yuta IKEGUCHI, Daisuke UCHIBORI, Masafumi NAKAGAWA, Atsushi ARATAKE
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Publication number: 20240102184Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: an electrolyzer having an anode electrode that oxidizes water to generate a proton, a cathode electrode that hydrogenates a substance to be hydrogenated with the proton to generate an organic hydride, and a membrane that moves the proton together with dragged water from the side of the anode electrode to the side of the cathode electrode; an anolyte supplier that supplies the anolyte to the anode electrode; a water separator that separates the dragged water from the catholyte fed from the cathode electrode; and a water returner that sends the dragged water separated by the water separator to the anolyte supplier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Kota MIYOSHI, Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Toru TAKAMURA, Koji MATSUOKA
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Patent number: 11938884Abstract: The present invention provides: an airbag cover which is formed by integrally joining a first base fabric and a second base fabric having mutually different characteristics, and has a joint portion that ensures high productivity in mass production; a method for manufacturing the airbag cover; and an airbag device. The present invention relates to an airbag cover for storing a bag-shaped cushion which is rolled up or folded before being inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflater, and relates to a method for manufacturing the airbag cover. The airbag cover is characterized by comprising a first base fabric made of a plain-woven fabric or a non-woven fabric made from chemical fibers, and a second base fabric containing fibers different from the fibers constituting the first base fabric, and having an initial tensile resistance value higher than an initial tensile resistance value of the first base fabric.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation, Autoliv Development AB, Asahi Kasei Advance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Yuto Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11942495Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a circuit board, a heat releasing plate, an adhesive member, and a conductive member. The circuit board transmits a signal of the semiconductor chip. The heat releasing plate has the semiconductor chip disposed thereon, and has an opening in a region on the outer side of a semiconductor chip placement region that is a region in which the semiconductor chip is disposed. The adhesive member is disposed in a region on the outer side of the opening on a different surface of the heat releasing plate from the surface on which the semiconductor chip is disposed, and bonds the circuit board and the heat releasing plate to each other. The conductive member connects the semiconductor chip and the circuit board to each other via the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Chino, Hiroyuki Shigeta, Shigekazu Ishii, Koyo Hosokawa, Hirohisa Yasukawa, Mitsuhito Kanatake, Kosuke Hareyama, Yutaka Ootaki, Kiyohisa Sakai, Atsushi Tsukada, Hirotaka Kobayashi, Ninao Sato, Yuki Yamane
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Publication number: 20240093714Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure includes a pair of shaft parts (11) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a bridge part (12) which connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (11); and a first pair of strain gauges (14) which are stuck to at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11) to face each other with the shaft part (11) sandwiched in the first direction, and which output a signal corresponding to bending of the shaft part (11) in the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE, Yuta IKEGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240093807Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) including a pair of shaft parts (11) arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a bridge part (12) connecting one end of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) and includes a photonic crystal thin film (14) which is stuck to at least a part of at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11) and changes its color according to strain of the shaft part (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
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Publication number: 20240093713Abstract: An installing system (100) according to the present disclosure includes a U-bolt (10) which includes a pair of shaft parts (11) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (12) that connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (11); and a measurer (20), in which a strain gauge (14) which outputs a signal corresponding to a strain of the shaft parts (11) in the second direction is embedded in each of the pair of shaft parts (11), in line symmetry with respect to a straight line (OX) including an apex (0) of the U-shape and extending in the second direction, and the measurer (20) measures the strain of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) in the second direction, from an output signal of the strain gauge (14) embedded in each of the pair of shaft parts (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki NAKANISHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
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Publication number: 20240093715Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) including a pair of shaft parts (11) arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (12) connecting one end of each of the pair of shaft parts (11) and in which a strain detection pattern is attached to at least a part of at least one shaft part (11) of the pair of shaft parts (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
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Patent number: 11935767Abstract: A temperature control device includes: a top plate that supports a substrate; a base plate connected to the top plate so as to form an internal space with the top plate; a thermoelectric module plate arranged in the internal space; a heat exchange plate that is arranged in the internal space and exchanges heat with the thermoelectric module plate; a first coupling member that couples the top plate and the base plate via the thermoelectric module plate and the heat exchange plate and is fixed to each of the top plate and the base plate; and a second coupling member that couples the top plate and the base plate via the thermoelectric module plate and the heat exchange plate, is fixed to the top plate, and is movable relative to the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kelk Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Masato Horikoshi, Hideaki Ohkubo, Wataru Kiyosawa
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Publication number: 20240084837Abstract: A U-bolt (10) according to the present disclosure is a U-bolt (10) fastened to a fastened object (2), the U-bolt including: a body part (11) which include a pair of shaft parts (111) aligned in a first direction and extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a bridge part (112) which connects one ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (111), includes a U-shaped apex formed by the U-bolt (10), and is configured to be linearly symmetric with respect to an imaginary straight line (OX) extending in the second direction; and a pair of screw parts (12) provided at the other ends of each of the pair of shaft parts (111), in which a length mark indicating an index related to a length of the body part (11) along a direction in which the body part (11) extends from the apex is attached to each of the pair of shaft parts (111).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki NAKANISHI, Daiki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi ARATAKE
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Publication number: 20240080591Abstract: Photoelectric conversion apparatus includes pixel array having effective pixel, a readout circuit configured to read out signal of the pixel array, and signal processing unit configured to perform correlated double sampling process and correction process on signals read out from the effective pixel by the readout circuit. The readout circuit has function of reading out signal of the pixel array with first gain, and function of reading out signal of the pixel array with second gain. Correction value for the correction process is generated based on difference between signal read out from the pixel array with the first gain when noise level is output from the pixel array, and signal read out from the pixel array with the second gain when noise level is output from the pixel array.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: KEISUKE TAKAHASHI, HIDEO KOBAYASHI, ATSUSHI SHIMADA
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Patent number: 11912878Abstract: A method of producing organic-inorganic hybrid infrared absorbing particles includes a dispersion liquid preparing step of preparing a dispersion liquid containing infrared absorbing particles, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium; a dispersion medium removing step of removing the dispersion medium from the dispersion liquid by an evaporation; a raw material mixture liquid preparing step of preparing a raw material mixture liquid containing the infrared absorbing particles collected after the dispersion medium removing step, a coating resin material, an organic solvent, an emulsifying agent, water, and a polymerization initiator; a stirring step of stirring the raw material mixture liquid while cooling; and a polymerizing step of polymerizing the coating resin material after deoxygenation treatment which reduces an amount of oxygen in the raw material mixture liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YAMAGATA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan, Atsushi Tofuku, Seigou Kawaguchi, Naohiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11904851Abstract: The present invention is provided to more reliably keep a work vehicle from coming into contact with an obstacle during automated driving. The work vehicle includes an electronic control system for automated driving that automatically drives the vehicle body. The electronic control system includes an obstacle detection module configured to detect presence or absence of an obstacle, and a contact avoidance control unit configured to perform, upon the obstacle detection module detecting an obstacle, contact avoidance control to keep the vehicle body from coming into contact with the obstacle. The obstacle detection module includes a plurality of obstacle searchers that are distributed on the front end portion and the right and left end portions of the vehicle body such that the front side and the right and left lateral sides of the vehicle body are search-target areas.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Keishiro Nishi, Atsushi Shinkai, Tomofumi Fukunaga, Takahiro Nakatsuka, Atsushi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20240014051Abstract: A wafer temperature control device includes a temperature control sheet; and a top plate. The temperature control sheet includes a plurality of temperature control portions. The plurality of temperature control portions are divided from each other via a division region in the same plane. The plurality of temperature control portions are each independently controllable in temperature. The top plate includes a plate body stacked on the temperature control sheet. A surface of the plate body serves as a placement surface for a semiconductor wafer, the surface being opposite the temperature control sheet. The top plate includes a heat insulating portion. The heat insulating portion is disposed at a position corresponding to the division region in the plate body, when viewed in a stacking direction of the temperature control sheet and the top plate. The heat insulating portion has a thermal conductivity lower than a thermal conductivity of the plate body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: KELK Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Wataru Omuro
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Publication number: 20240002314Abstract: The hydrocarbon production method includes a first production step of producing carbon monoxide using carbon dioxide contained in source gas, and a second production step of producing hydrocarbon using hydrogen contained in source gas and carbon monoxide. The source gas contains at least one of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen not derived from fossil fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Akira GOTO, Takuya KAJITA
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Publication number: 20230384808Abstract: A temperature control system includes: a circulation channel which includes a temperature adjustment target and through which a circulation fluid that adjusts a temperature of the temperature adjustment target flows; a temperature adjuster that is arranged in the circulation channel and that adjusts a temperature of the circulation fluid supplied to the temperature adjustment target; a first temperature adjustment unit that is connected to the circulation channel via a first supply channel and that delivers a first fluid having a first temperature; a second temperature adjustment unit that is connected to the circulation channel via a second supply channel and that delivers a second fluid having a second temperature higher than the first temperature; a first valve arranged in the first supply channel; and a second valve arranged in the second supply channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Kazuhiro MIMURA, Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Hideaki OHKUBO