Patents by Inventor Daisuke Ogata

Daisuke Ogata 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).

  • Patent number: 12234565
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite electrolyte membrane which has excellent chemical resistance and can maintain sufficient mechanical strength even under conditions of high humidity and high pressure, which are the operating conditions for electrochemical hydrogen pumps and water electrolyzers. This composite electrolyte membrane, which is for achieving said purpose, has a composite layer obtained by combining a polyelectrolyte with a mesh woven material that satisfies (1) and (2) and comprises liquid crystal polyester fibers or polyphenylene sulfide fibers. (1): Mesh thickness (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)<2.0. (2): Opening (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)>1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Yoshitsugu Funatsu, Yoko Sakiyama, Daisuke Ogata, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Patent number: 12199324
    Abstract: A composite electrolyte membrane having a composite layer that is a composite of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate, wherein a fractal dimension D exhibiting the distribution of the hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and the fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate in the composite layer is 1.7 or more. An object of the present invention is to enable a composite electrolyte membrane composed of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate to achieve high proton conduction ability and high mechanical durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Tomoyuki Kunita, Daisuke Ogata, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Patent number: 12148964
    Abstract: A composite polymer electrolyte membrane including a polymer electrolyte and a porous substrate, and having a dry tensile modulus of 100 N/cm or more per width and a wet tensile modulus of 35 N/cm or more per width. Enhancing the mechanical characteristics of the electrolyte membrane results in providing an electrolyte membrane that achieves good dry-wet cycle durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kunita, Kenta Minamibayashi, Daisuke Ogata, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Patent number: 11973252
    Abstract: A laminated electrolyte membrane including a first layer including a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte as a major component, and a second layer including a fluoropolymer electrolyte and polyvinylidene fluoride as major components laminated on at least one side of the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are laminated via a region in which components constituting both layers are mixed in a mixed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Daisuke Ogata, Shusuke Shirai, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20230120463
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolyte membrane including at least the following: an A-layer composed of an ion-conducting fluorinated polymer and a non-ion-conducting fluorinated polymer; and a B-layer composed of an ion-conducting hydrocarbon polymer, wherein the ion-conducting hydrocarbon polymer is dispersed in the A-layer. Provided is an electrolyte membrane having excellent oxidation resistance. In addition, provided is an electrolyte membrane for a redox-flow battery, in which the electrolyte membrane used as a barrier membrane for a redox-flow battery makes it possible to achieve high power efficiency and stable charge and discharge even in long-term use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuma MATSUI, Eiko YOSHIOKA, Takashi KONISHI, Daisuke OGATA, Daisuke IZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20220407101
    Abstract: A composite polymer electrolyte membrane including a polymer electrolyte and a porous substrate, and having a dry tensile modulus of 100 N/cm or more per width and a wet tensile modulus of 35 N/cm or more per width. Enhancing the mechanical characteristics of the electrolyte membrane results in providing an electrolyte membrane that achieves good dry-wet cycle durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KUNITA, Kenta MINAMIBAYASHI, Daisuke OGATA, Daisuke IZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20220336836
    Abstract: A composite electrolyte membrane having a composite layer that is a composite of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate, wherein a fractal dimension D exhibiting the distribution of the hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and the fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate in the composite layer is 1.7 or more. An object of the present invention is to enable a composite electrolyte membrane composed of a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte and a fluorine-containing polymer porous substrate to achieve high proton conduction ability and high mechanical durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenta MINAMIBAYASHI, Tomoyuki KUNITA, Daisuke OGATA, Daisuke IZUHARA
  • Publication number: 20220216494
    Abstract: A laminated electrolyte membrane including a first layer including a hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte as a major component, and a second layer including a fluoropolymer electrolyte and polyvinylidene fluoride as major components laminated on at least one side of the first layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are laminated via a region in which components constituting both layers are mixed in a mixed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Daisuke Ogata, Shusuke Shirai, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20210095386
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite electrolyte membrane which has excellent chemical resistance and can maintain sufficient mechanical strength even under conditions of high humidity and high pressure, which are the operating conditions for electrochemical hydrogen pumps and water electrolyzers. This composite electrolyte membrane, which is for achieving said purpose, has a composite layer obtained by combining a polyelectrolyte with a mesh woven material that satisfies (1) and (2) and comprises liquid crystal polyester fibers or polyphenylene sulfide fibers. (1): Mesh thickness (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)<2.0. (2): Opening (?m)/fiber diameter (?m)>1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenta Minamibayashi, Yoshitsugu Funatsu, Yoko Sakiyama, Daisuke Ogata, Daisuke Izuhara
  • Patent number: 10261597
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire device information on a plurality of connected input terminals, and a selection unit configured to determine an importance degree of the input terminals based on information concerning detection units of the input terminals included in the device information to select the input terminal to be used depending on the importance degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Inamoto, Sadakazu Nagao, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Daisuke Ogata
  • Patent number: 8999730
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an immunochromatography method capable of measuring a sample in a low concentration range and a high concentration range by setting the measurable range of the sample much wider than the conventional measurable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Oyamada, Junichi Katada, Kenji Narahara, Daisuke Ogata, Tomonori Takeshige, Akihiko Onodera
  • Patent number: 8794798
    Abstract: A white film has reflective properties, concealing properties and film-forming stability and can be made into a thin film, a white film, which contains voids therein and satisfies the following formulae (i) to (iii) is provided: 0.6?nB/nA?0.9??(i) 20?nA??(ii) 15?nB??(iii) (wherein, nA represents the number of interfaces in 10 ?m of the surface layer in the film thickness direction; and nB represents the number of interfaces in ±5 ?m of the central part in the film thickness direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ohira, Shigetoshi Maekawa, Daisuke Ogata, Masatoshi Izawa, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140111426
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire device information on a plurality of connected input terminals, and a selection unit configured to determine an importance degree of the input terminals based on information concerning detection units of the input terminals included in the device information to select the input terminal to be used depending on the importance degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji Inamoto, Sadakazu Nagao, Katsutoshi Ishiwata, Daisuke Ogata
  • Patent number: 8412001
    Abstract: In an image processing device, a transfer unit enlarges or reduces the image data at the transfer magnification by performing an enlarging or reducing process on the image data once, when the transfer magnification is equal to or smaller than an upper limit or equal to or greater than a lower limit. The transfer unit also repeats, by a plurality of times, a process of performing an enlarging or reducing process on an image data stored in a first region of a storage unit at a divided-transfer magnification equal to or smaller than the upper limit or equal to or greater than the lower limit and then storing the image data in a second region of the storage unit, when the transfer magnification is above the upper limit or below the lower limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Inamoto, Kazumi Sato, Sadakazu Nagao, Daisuke Ogata
  • Publication number: 20120320600
    Abstract: A white film has reflective properties, concealing properties and film-forming stability and can be made into a thin film, a white film, which contains voids therein and satisfies the following formulae (i) to (iii) is provided: 0.6?nB/nA?0.9 ??(i) 20?nA ??(ii) 15?nB ??(iii) (wherein, nA represents the number of interfaces in 10 ?m of the surface layer in the film thickness direction; and nB represents the number of interfaces in ±5 ?m of the central part in the film thickness direction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ohira, Shigetoshi Maekawa, Daisuke Ogata, Masatoshi Izawa, Kozo Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20110136142
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an immunochromatography method capable of measuring a sample in a low concentration range and a high concentration range by setting the measurable range of the sample much wider than the conventional measurable range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Takayoshi OYAMADA, Junichi Katada, Kenji Narahara, Daisuke Ogata, Tomonori Takeshige, Akihiko Onodera
  • Patent number: 7782540
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head apparatus comprising: a light source; a collimating means of converting a beam of light emitted from the light source into a substantially parallel beam of light; a focusing means of focusing the light onto an information medium surface; a beam splitting means of splitting the beam of light modulated by the information medium; and a light receiving means of receiving the light modulated by the information medium, wherein a lens having a negative power and a lens having a positive power are arranged in this order as viewed from the collimating means side between the collimating means and the focusing means, and at least either one of the lenses is moved along an optical axis to correct spherical aberration occurring on the information medium surface, and wherein the distance from the lens having the positive power to the focusing means is set substantially equal to the focal length of the lens having the positive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Tomohiko Sasano, Michihiro Yamagata, Daisuke Ogata
  • Publication number: 20100177976
    Abstract: In an image processing device, a transfer unit enlarges or reduces the image data at the transfer magnification by performing an enlarging or reducing process on the image data once, when the transfer magnification is equal to or smaller than an upper limit or equal to or greater than a lower limit. The transfer unit also repeats, by a plurality of times, a process of performing an enlarging or reducing process on an image data stored in a first region of a storage unit at a divided-transfer magnification equal to or smaller than the upper limit or equal to or greater than the lower limit and then storing the image data in a second region of the storage unit, when the transfer magnification is above the upper limit or below the lower limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Shinji INAMOTO, Kazumi Sato, Sadakazu Nagao, Daisuke Ogata
  • Patent number: 7602561
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical head apparatus comprising: a light source; a collimating means of converting a beam of light emitted from the light source into a substantially parallel beam of light; a focusing means of focusing the light onto an information medium surface; a beam splitting means of splitting the beam of light modulated by the information medium; and a light receiving means of receiving the light modulated by the information medium, wherein a lens having a negative power and a lens having a positive power are arranged in this order as viewed from the collimating means side between the collimating means and the focusing means, and at least either one of the lenses is moved along an optical axis to correct spherical aberration occurring on the information medium surface, and wherein the distance from the lens having the positive power to the focusing means is set substantially equal to the focal length of the lens having the positive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tanaka, Tomohiko Sasano, Michihiro Yamagata, Daisuke Ogata
  • Patent number: RE43126
    Abstract: An optical pickup head is provided with a light source, a diffracting means for creating a plurality of diffracted beams, a converging means for focusing the diffracted beams onto an optical storage medium, a beam branching means for branching the plurality of beams reflected by the optical storage medium, and an optical detecting means for outputting a signal corresponding to the amount of light of the received beams. The optical detecting means has main beam light receiving portions and sub-beam light receiving portions. The amount of light of the first or higher order diffracted beams when they are substantially focused on and reflected by a focus plane of the plurality of information recording planes is equal to or greater than the amount of light of the zero order diffracted beam when it is reflected without focusing by a non-focus plane other then the focus plane of the plurality of information recording planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Sadao Mizuno, Daisuke Ogata, Shin-ichi Kadowaki, Kousei Sano, Jouji Anzai, Akihiro Yasuda