Patents by Inventor Ayumi Nihei

Ayumi Nihei 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: 20230256371
    Abstract: The gas-liquid separator comprises: a swirl structure that causes a gas heading from upstream to downstream to swirl about a flow axis heading from upstream to downstream; a separation structure that discharges outward liquid components contained in the gas passing through the swirl structure; and a deflection structure that is provided downstream of the swirl structure and deflects the gas that has passed through the swirl structure. The deflection structure is provided with: a narrowing core portion that has a three-dimensional shape which narrows from upstream to downstream; and deflecting fins that are provided to the side surface of the narrowing core portion and deflect the gas in the opposite direction to the swirling direction resulting from the swirl structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke SEO, Teruo NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki TAKIZAWA, Ayumi NIHEI, Takashi KONDA
  • Publication number: 20230258207
    Abstract: The flow regulating structure comprises a plurality of rail structures. Each rail structure has a plurality of rod-shaped members that are arranged side-by-side with the same direction of extension. The plurality of rail structures are disposed along the direction of gas travel in overlapping positions with space therebetween. The extension directions of the rod-shaped members differ between adjacent rail structures. In each rail structure, the plurality of rod-shaped members are arranged side-by-side with the same direction of extension in both a first virtual plane and a second virtual plane, which face one another in the direction of gas travel, and when viewed from the direction of gas travel, the rod-shaped members disposed on the second virtual plane are positioned between adjacent members among the plurality of rod-shaped members disposed on the first virtual plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke SEO, Hiroyuki TAKIZAWA, Hironobu TAKAHASHI, Ayumi NIHEI, Takashi KONDA
  • Publication number: 20230231069
    Abstract: This thin film is a thin film for detecting circularly polarized light, and includes a plurality of inorganic layers constituting a layered structure and/or a plurality of inorganic chains constituting a chain structure, which are formed of a perovskite type substance, and chiral molecules incorporated in at least a part of a boundary part between the adjacent inorganic layers and/or between the inorganic chains, wherein the chiral molecules include only one of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules or chiral molecules with a higher abundance proportion of one of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules than an abundance proportion of the other of S-form chiral molecules and R-form chiral molecules, and wherein the crystal structure of the perovskite type substance is oriented in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ayumi NIHEI, Tsutomu MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230171974
    Abstract: A core-shell particle which includes a core-shell structure includes an inorganic nanoparticle having a light wavelength conversion ability and a coating layer formed on a surface of the inorganic nanoparticle and formed of an inorganic perovskite type substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ayumi NIHEI, Tsutomu MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20220102656
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer that are laminated in this order. The first layer is formed of a plurality of particles including an inorganic semiconductor as a main component, an aggregate of the particles, or a thin film including an inorganic semiconductor as a main component. The second layer is provided on a surface of each of the particles or the aggregate and is formed of a plurality of particles including a perovskite structure as a main component, an aggregate of the particles, or a thin film including a perovskite structure as a main component. The third layer is formed of a plurality of particles including an organic metal complex as a main component, an aggregate of the particles, or a thin film including an organic metal complex as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Ayumi NIHEI, Tsutomu MIYASAKA
  • Patent number: 9711737
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoelectric conversion material layer that is constituted by an organic material having more excellent sensitivity and responsiveness than those of conventional ones. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: (a-1) a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed apart from each other; and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion area which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion area includes multiple layers and at least one of the multiple layers is formed of a dioxaanthanthrene-based compound represented by the structural formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata, Norihito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9349963
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material is provided and includes an organic material having an absorbing coefficient of about 1.5×105 (cm?1) or more and that is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), each of R1 to R20, and each of X1 to X8 is one of a hydrogen atom and a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murata, Ayumi Nihei
  • Publication number: 20160049595
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoelectric conversion material layer that is constituted by an organic material having more excellent sensitivity and responsiveness than those of conventional ones. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes: (a-1) a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed apart from each other; and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion area which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion area includes multiple layers and at least one of the multiple layers is formed of a dioxaanthanthrene-based compound represented by the structural formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata, Norihito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9123901
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoelectric conversion material layer that is constituted by an organic material having more excellent sensitivity and responsiveness than those of conventional ones. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 which are disposed apart from each other, and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 that is disposed between the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 22, wherein the photoelectric conversion material layer 30 is formed of a dioxaanthanthrene-based compound represented by the following structural formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata, Norihito Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8963142
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric transducer having a photoelectric conversion material layer including an organic material with higher sensitivity and response than conventional one. The photoelectric transducer includes (a-1) first and second electrodes 21 and 22 separated from each other and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 provided between the first and second electrodes 21 and 22, wherein the photoelectric conversion material layer 30 includes an azo moiety-containing thiazole compound represented by the structural formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata
  • Patent number: 8817147
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer which includes a thioindigo derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Enoki, Ayumi Nihei
  • Publication number: 20130134409
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric transducer having a photoelectric conversion material layer including an organic material with higher sensitivity and response than conventional one. The photoelectric transducer includes (a-1) first and second electrodes 21 and 22 separated from each other and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 provided between the first and second electrodes 21 and 22, wherein the photoelectric conversion material layer 30 includes an azo moiety-containing thiazole compound represented by the structural formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata
  • Publication number: 20130099225
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoelectric conversion material layer that is constituted by an organic material having more excellent sensitivity and responsiveness than those of conventional ones. The photoelectric conversion element of the present invention includes (a-1) a first electrode 21 and a second electrode 22 which are disposed apart from each other, and (a-2) a photoelectric conversion material layer 30 that is disposed between the first electrode 21 and the second electrode 22, wherein the photoelectric conversion material layer 30 is formed of a dioxaanthanthrene-based compound represented by the following structural formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Ayumi Nihei, Masaki Murata, Norihito Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130027593
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion layer which includes a thioindigo derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Enoki, Ayumi Nihei
  • Publication number: 20130026341
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion material is provided and includes an organic material having an absorbing coefficient of about 1.5×105 (cm?1) or more and that is represented by the following formula (1). In the formula (1), each of R1 to R20, and each of X1 to X8 is one of a hydrogen atom and a substituent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Murata, Ayumi Nihei