Patents by Inventor Daisuke Mukai
Daisuke Mukai 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: 11964607Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Patent number: 9219277Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which has an extremely low Co content, and can maintain the drain (power) performance (especially pulse discharge characteristics), activity (degree of activity), and life performance at high levels. The hydrogen storage alloy is manufactured by weighing and mixing every material for the hydrogen storage alloy so as to provide an alloy composition represented by the general formula MmNiaMnbAlcCod or MmNiaMnbAlcCodFee, and controlling the manufacturing method and manufacturing conditions so that both the a-axis length and the c-axis length of the crystal lattice are in a predetermined range. Although it is sufficient if the a-axis length of the crystal lattice is 499 pm or more and the c-axis length is 405 pm or more, by further specifying the a-axis length and c-axis length depending on the values of ABx, a hydrogen storage alloy having high durability can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Shigeki Nakayama, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20150213731Abstract: Provided is a bronchoscopy training model for training in a technique for puncturing a lymph node adjacent to trachea/bronchi from the inside of the trachea/bronchi with an ultrasonic bronchoscope.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Ryo Sato, Futoshi Takahashi, Masahiro Igarashi, Daisuke Mukai
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Patent number: 8535460Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which has an extremely low Co content, and can maintain the drain (power) performance (especially pulse discharge characteristics), activity (degree of activity), and life performance at high levels. The hydrogen storage alloy is manufactured by weighing and mixing every material for the hydrogen storage alloy so as to provide an alloy composition represented by the general formula MmNiaMnbAlcCod or MmNiaMnbAlcCodFee, and controlling the manufacturing method and manufacturing conditions so that both the a-axis length and the c-axis length of the crystal lattice are in a predetermined range. Although it is sufficient if the a-axis length of the crystal lattice is 499 pm or more and the c-axis length is 405 pm or more, by further specifying the a-axis length and c-axis length depending on the values of ABx, a hydrogen storage alloy having high durability can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Shigeki Nakayama, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20090191463Abstract: A negative electrode 10 for a nonaqueous secondary battery has an active material layer 12 containing active material particles 12a. The particles 12a are coated at least partially with a coat of a metallic material 13 having low capability of lithium compound formation. The active material layer 12 has voids formed between the metallic material-coated particles 12a. When the active material layer 12 is imaginarily divided into equal halves in its thickness direction, the amount of the metallic material 13 is smaller in the half closer to the negative electrode surface than in the other half farther from the negative electrode surface. The weight ratio of [the particles/the metallic material] in the half closer to the negative electrode surface is preferably higher than that in the other half farther from the negative electrode surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2007Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Hitohiko Ide, Akihiro Modeki, Hideaki Matsushima, Daisuke Mukai, Kiyotaka Yasuda
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Patent number: 7314594Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which, when used in a battery, has high drain (power) performance and charge acceptance that are excellent, and in addition, cracks are few, and cycle life performance are excellent, to be used in large batteries, in particular for electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, high-power use, and the like. The hydrogen storage alloy is a hydrogen storage alloy having phase conversion accompanying the variation of hydrogen storage capacity (H/M) and is in a single phase or in a state close to a single phase when the above-mentioned hydrogen storage capacity (H/M) is in a range of 0.3 to 0.7 or 0.4 to 0.6.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Mitsuhiro Wada, Yasunori Tabira, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue
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Patent number: 7252328Abstract: A control apparatus for a movable vehicle roof panel determines the position of the panel in a tilt open state and evaluates whether the panel is in normal tilt-open range of positions or has, via inertia, traveled beyond those normal positions. The control apparatus allows movement to the closed position if movement beyond a permissible range has been achieved through roof panel inertia.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazukiyo Okada, Motoya Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Hirai, Daisuke Mukai, Yoshinobu Toyoda
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Publication number: 20070119100Abstract: A control apparatus drives a motor to move a window glass to an opening end locking position beyond a preset stop position and thereby to forcefully stop the window glass at the opening end locking position when the control apparatus senses that an operational switch is continuously operated by a user for a predetermined time period or longer to perform the opening operation of the window glass based on an operational command signal outputted from the operational switch. The control apparatus then resets the preset stop position based on an actual stop position of the window glass at the opening end locking position in a preset stop position resetting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masao Nakada, Daisuke Mukai, Hiroyuki Furukoshi
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Publication number: 20070075570Abstract: A control apparatus rotates a drive motor reversely to reverse the moving direction of a roof glass when movement of the roof glass is obstructed by a foreign matter caught in the roof glass while the roof glass is moving toward the closing position, sets a home position of the roof glass by setting the count number to a predetermined value with the roof glass placed in a predetermined position. The control apparatus performs setting of the home position again when the number of times a reverse action of the roof glass originated from catching of the foreign matter in the roof glass has been carried out becomes equal to or greater than a specified number. An abnormality detecting device detects an abnormality in which the reverse action of the roof glass is not carried out at the time when the movement of the roof glass is obstructed, when the abnormality has occurred. When the abnormality is detected, the control apparatus avoids setting the home position again.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Kazukiyo Okada, Motoya Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Hirai, Daisuke Mukai, Yoshinobu Toyoda
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Patent number: 7127848Abstract: A control apparatus rotates a drive motor reversely to reverse the moving direction of a roof glass when movement of the roof glass is obstructed by a foreign matter caught between the roof glass and a frame while the roof glass is moving toward the closing position, sets a home position of the roof glass by setting the count number to a predetermined value with the roof glass placed in a predetermined position. The control apparatus performs setting of the home position again when a reverse action of the roof glass has been carried out, because of catching of the foreign matter in the roof glass, a number of times equal to or greater than a specified number. An abnormality detecting device detects an abnormality in which the reverse action of the roof glass is not carried out within a specified time period. When the abnormality is detected, the control apparatus avoids setting the home position again.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazukiyo Okada, Motoya Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Hirai, Daisuke Mukai, Yoshinobu Toyoda
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Publication number: 20060188385Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which has an extremely low Co content, and can maintain the drain (power) performance (especially pulse discharge characteristics), activity (degree of activity), and life performance at high levels. The hydrogen storage alloy is manufactured by weighing and mixing every material for the hydrogen storage alloy so as to provide an alloy composition represented by the general formula MmNiaMnbAlcCod or MmNiaMnbAlcCodFee, and controlling the manufacturing method and manufacturing conditions so that both the a-axis length and the c-axis length of the crystal lattice are in a predetermined range. Although it is sufficient if the a-axis length of the crystal lattice is 499 pm or more and the c-axis length is 405 pm or more, by further specifying the a-axis length and c-axis length depending on the values of ABx, a hydrogen storage alloy having high durability can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2004Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Cp., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Shigeki Nakayama, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20060147801Abstract: The positive or negative electrode of a secondary battery has a first and a second surface that are electro-conductive and adapted to be brought into contact with an electrolyte. The electrode has an active material layer containing active material particles between the first and second surfaces. The electrode has a large number of microvoids open on the first and second surfaces and leading to the active material layer. A current collecting surface layer preferably has a thickness of 0.3. to 20 ?m. The active material layer is preferably formed by applying an electro-conductive slurry containing the active material particles. The current collecting surface layer is preferably formed by electroplating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2005Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Daisuke Mukai, Tomoyoshi Matsushima, Takeo Taguchi
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Publication number: 20060121345Abstract: The invention provides an electrode as a cathode or an anode of a secondary battery. The electrode has a first and a second surface that are electrically conductive and adapted to be brought into contact with an electrolytic solution. The electrode has an active material layer containing active material particles between the first and second surfaces. The electrode has a large number of microvoids open on the first and second surfaces and leading to the active material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2004Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Daisuke Mukai, Tomoyoshi Matsushima, Takeo Taguchi
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Publication number: 20060068286Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy is provided which, when used in a battery, has high drain (power) performance and charge acceptance that are excellent, and in addition, cracks are few, and cycle life performance are excellent, to be used in large batteries, in particular for electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, high-power use, and the like. The hydrogen storage alloy is a hydrogen storage alloy having phase conversion accompanying the variation of hydrogen storage capacity (H/M) and is in a single phase or in a state close to a single phase when the above-mentioned hydrogen storage capacity (H/M) is in a range of 0.3 to 0.7 or 0.4 to 0.6.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2003Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Kiyotaka Yasuda, Mitsuhiro Wada, Yasunori Tabira, Shinya Kagei, Hidetoshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20060063071Abstract: The invention provides an electrode as a positive electrode or a negative electrode of a secondary battery. The electrode has an active material layer containing active material particles. An electro-conductive material is filled between the active material particles over the entire thickness direction of the active material layer. The electro-conductive material is preferably a material having low capability of forming a lithium compound. Preferably, the electro-conductive material is filled in the active material layer by electroplating. The active particle material preferably comprises a material having high capability of forming a lithium compound, or a hydrogen storage alloy. The invention also provides a secondary battery which has the above electrode as a positive electrode or a negative electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Daisuke Mukai, Tomoyoshi Matsushima, Takeo Taguchi
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Patent number: 6972536Abstract: A control unit stores a count value, which is used to detect an operational position of a roof glass, in a RAM. The control unit determines whether the count value is properly stored in the RAM when a voltage of a power supply falls below a predetermined voltage and thereafter returns to the predetermined voltage. Even in a case where the control unit determines that the count value is properly stored in the RAM, the control unit determines there is a possibility of having a deviation between an actual operational position of the roof glass and the count value. Thereafter, the control unit resets a reference point of the roof glass.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Motoya Yamamoto
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Patent number: 6713980Abstract: A sunroof apparatus comprises a drive motor which actuates a roof glass and a control section. The control section rotates the drive motor reversely when the movement of the sunroof is obstructed by a caught foreign matter. When a drive voltage to be supplied to the drive motor becomes lower than a reference voltage, the control section determines that the drive voltage is abnormal and stops supplying the drive voltage to the drive motor to inhibit the drive motor from being operated. A first reference voltage is used as the reference voltage at the time the drive motor is stopped, and a second reference voltage lower than the first reference voltage is used as the reference voltage at the time the drive motor is operated. It is therefore possible to detect a foreign matter being caught before an abnormality of the drive voltage is determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Motoya Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Toyoda
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Patent number: 6689233Abstract: A hydrogen storage material which is characterized by having, as a cast alloy, a flaky or similar shape with a thickness of 50 to 500 &mgr;m and showing such crystallite orientation that the X-ray diffraction pattern has an intensity ratio of plane indices (002)/(200) of 2 to 10 as measured with the cooled surface of the flaky cast alloy being in parallel with a mount, and a process of producing the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Company Ltd.Inventors: Kiyotaka Yasuda, Daisuke Mukai, Minoru Sakai, Shigeo Hirayama, Kazuhito Komatsu, Shinya Kagei
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Publication number: 20030122516Abstract: A control unit stores a count value, which is used to detect an operational position of a roof glass, in a RAM. The control unit determines whether the count value is properly stored in the RAM when a voltage of a power supply falls below a predetermined voltage and thereafter returns to the predetermined voltage. Even in a case where the control unit determines that the count value is properly stored in the RAM, the control unit determines there is a possibility of having a deviation between an actual operational position of the roof glass and the count value. Thereafter, the control unit resets a reference point of the roof glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2002Publication date: July 3, 2003Inventors: Daisuke Mukai, Motoya Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20030052636Abstract: A control apparatus rotates a drive motor reversely to reverse the moving direction of a roof glass when movement of the roof glass is obstructed by a foreign matter caught in the roof glass while the roof glass is moving toward the closing position, sets a home position of the roof glass by setting the count number to a predetermined value with the roof glass placed in a predetermined position. The control apparatus performs setting of the home position again when the number of times a reverse action of the roof glass originated from catching of the foreign matter in the roof glass has been carried out becomes equal to or greater than a specified number. An abnormality detecting device detects an abnormality in which the reverse action of the roof glass is not carried out at the time when the movement of the roof glass is obstructed, when the abnormality has occurred. When the abnormality is detected, the control apparatus avoids setting the home position again.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Kazukiyo Okada, Motoya Yamamoto, Kazuyuki Hirai, Daisuke Mukai, Yoshinobu Toyoda