Patents by Inventor Hajime Kitano

Hajime Kitano 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: 20240286277
    Abstract: A flexible material provided at a robot is conductive and an electrical characteristic of the flexible material changes in response to a change of state. The electrical characteristic between plural detection points of the robot is detected by a detection unit. An estimation unit uses a learning model to estimate a robot state from the electrical characteristic of the robot. The learning model is trained so as to input the electrical characteristic and output the robot state. The learning model is trained using, as training data, electrical characteristics when changes of state occur at the flexible material and robot states after the changes of state of the flexible material of the robot. The estimation unit inputs the electrical characteristic to the learning model and outputs the robot state corresponding to the inputted electrical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime KITANO, Yasumichi WAKAO, Hitoshi YASUI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hirohito SUGINO, Yusuke FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240286278
    Abstract: An estimating device including, a detecting section detecting electrical characteristics between a plurality of predetermined detection points of a flexible material, the electrical characteristics of the flexible material varying in accordance with changes in applied pressure, and that is disposed can cover a portion of a projecting portion, an estimating section that inputs time-series electrical characteristics to a learning model that is trained by using, as learning data, time-series electrical characteristics at times when pressure is applied to the flexible material, and applied stimulus state information expressing applied stimulus states in which pressure is applied to the flexible material, such that the time-series electrical characteristics are inputs of the learning model and the learning model outputs the applied stimulus state information, and the estimating section estimates applied stimulus state information expressing an applied stimulus state corresponding to the inputted time-series electr
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime KITANO, Yasumichi WAKAO, Hitoshi YASUI, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI, Hirohito SUGINO, Yusuke FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20240262261
    Abstract: An inference device detects, with a detection section, an electrical characteristic between plural predetermined detection points on a vehicle seat provided with a soft material that is conductive and that exhibits a change in an electrical characteristic according to a change in pressure imparted. An inference section employs a learning model to infer a posture state of an occupant of the vehicle seat from the electrical characteristic of the vehicle seat. The electrical characteristic when pressure has been imparted to the vehicle seat and the posture state information indicating the posture state of the occupant when imparting pressure to the vehicle seat are employed as training data for a learning model trained so as to be input with the electrical characteristic and output the posture state information, and trained so as to be input with the electrical characteristic and output the posture state of the occupant corresponding to the input electrical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hajime KITANO, Yasumichi WAKAO, Toshimitsu SHINOHARA, Kazushige EBE, Yoshihiko ONIKI
  • Patent number: 10414131
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes an adhesive composition layer. The adhesive composition layer is formed using a composition including a polythiol compound, a compound having plural epoxy groups, a radical generator and an amine-based catalyst. The ratio (Ep/SH (epoxy groups/thiol groups ratio)) of a total molar number (Ep) of epoxy groups contained in the compound having plural epoxy groups to a total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is higher than 0.20 but lower than 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Kitano
  • Patent number: 9637666
    Abstract: A composition includes: a polythiol compound; a compound having plural epoxy groups; a radical generator; and an amine-based catalyst. In the composition, the ratio (Ep/SH (epoxy groups/thiol groups)) of the total molar number (Ep) of epoxy groups contained in the compound having plural epoxy groups to the total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is 0.50 or higher but lower than 2.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime Kitano
  • Publication number: 20170037189
    Abstract: A composition includes: a polythiol compound; an aliphatic (meth)acrylic compound having a plurality of at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group and being acyclic; and a radical generator, the ratio (Ac/SH) of the total molar number (Ac) of the at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group contained in the aliphatic (meth)acrylic compound to the total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is from 0.70 to 1.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170037190
    Abstract: A composition includes: a polythiol compound; a (meth)acrylic compound having a plurality of at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group and having a ring structure; and a radical generator, the ratio (Ac/SH) of the total molar number (Ac) of the at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group contained in the (meth)acrylic compound to the total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is higher than 0.20 but lower than 0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170029677
    Abstract: A composition which includes: a polythiol compound; a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond at a terminal of a molecule thereof; a photo radical generator; and a thermal radical generator, a ratio (Ene/SH) of a total molar number (Ene) of the carbon-carbon double bond contained in terminals of a molecule of the compound having a carbon-carbon double bond at a terminal of a molecule thereof to a total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound being higher than 0.20 but equal to or less than 0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170021593
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet, the adhesive sheet having an adhesive composition layer, the adhesive composition layer being formed using a composition including: a polythiol compound; a (meth)acrylic compound having a plurality of at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group; a radical generator; and a Michael addition catalyst, a ratio (Ac/SH) of a total molar number (Ac) of the at least one of an acryloyl group or a methacryloyl group contained in the (meth)acrylic compound to a total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound being from 0.25 to 0.80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Publication number: 20160303832
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes an adhesive composition layer. The adhesive composition layer is formed using a composition including a polythiol compound, a compound having plural epoxy groups, a radical generator and an amine-based catalyst. The ratio (Ep/SH (epoxy groups/thiol groups ratio)) of a total molar number (Ep) of epoxy groups contained in the compound having plural epoxy groups to a total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is higher than 0.20 but lower than 1.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Patent number: 9376094
    Abstract: A pedal bracket is fixed to a dash panel on an interior side of a vehicle room. A brake arm is oscillatably supported by the pedal bracket and has a brake pedal pad at its one end. A coupling arm is supported by the pedal bracket and couples a push rod and the brake arm together. A rotating arm is supported by the coupling arm in a rotatable state. One end of the rotating arm contacts with a fixed bracket and thereby rotates the rotating arm when the pedal bracket is displaced in a vehicle rearward direction. The rotation causes contact of another end of the rotating arm with the push rod to induce curving of the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hajime Kitano
  • Publication number: 20150183408
    Abstract: A pedal bracket is fixed to a dash panel on an interior side of a vehicle room. A brake arm is oscillatably supported by the pedal bracket and has a brake pedal pad at its one end. A coupling arm is supported by the pedal bracket and couples a push rod and the brake arm together. A rotating arm is supported by the coupling arm in a rotatable state. One end of the rotating arm contacts with a fixed bracket and thereby rotates the rotating arm when the pedal bracket is displaced in a vehicle rearward direction. The rotation causes contact of another end of the rotating arm with the push rod to induce curving of the push rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hajime Kitano
  • Publication number: 20150175857
    Abstract: A composition includes: a polythiol compound; a compound having plural epoxy groups; a radical generator; and an amine-based catalyst. In the composition, the ratio (Ep/SH (epoxy groups/thiol groups)) of the total molar number (Ep) of epoxy groups contained in the compound having plural epoxy groups to the total molar number (SH) of thiol groups contained in the polythiol compound is 0.50 or higher but lower than 2.00.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hajime KITANO
  • Patent number: 8865841
    Abstract: The invention provides a rubber composition comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer and having improved compatibility with a thiol-based crosslinking agent and also having increased curability. As means for solving the problems, the inventive thiol-containing liquid rubber composition comprises (A) a styrene-butadiene copolymer which is liquid at 25° C. and (B) a polythiol derived from mercaptocarboxylic acid, wherein the styrene-butadiene copolymer (A) desirably has a bound styrene content of 20 to 90% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama
  • Patent number: 8859634
    Abstract: This invention relates to a photo-curing or electron beam-curing adherent resin composition being excellent in the adhesiveness to various adherends such as metal oxide, metal, resin and so on, and more particularly to an adherent resin composition of a photo-curing or electron beam-curing type comprising a difunctional urethane (metha)acrylate oligomer (A) and a monomer component (B), characterized in that the urethane (metha)acrylate oligomer includes a urethane prepolymer portion composed of a polyol and a polyisocyanate wherein repetitive number of urethane prepolymer portion (n) is 10-30, and the monomer component (B) is a cyclic monomer having a (metha)acryloyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Sakata, Hajime Kitano, Hiroyuki Kanesugi
  • Patent number: 8541510
    Abstract: This invention relates to a thermosetting composition having an excellent thermosetting property, and more particularly to a thermosetting composition comprising (A) a diene-based polymer having two or more unsaturated bonds, (B) a polythiol derived from a mercaptocarboxylic acid, and (c) a thermally radical-generating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama
  • Patent number: 8476333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable composition which exhibits excellent adhesiveness not only to thermoplastic resins such as PET and polyimide but also to adherends of metal oxides such as IZO and metals such as gold, more particularly to a photocurable composition which comprises a urethane oligomer (A) having two or more allyl ether and/or vinyl ether groups and a polythiol (B) having two or more thiol groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama
  • Publication number: 20120165498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photocurable composition which exhibits excellent adhesiveness not only to thermoplastic resins such as PET and polyimide but also to adherends of metal oxides such as IZO and metals such as gold, more particularly to a photocurable composition which comprises a urethane oligomer (A) having two or more allyl ether and/or vinyl ether groups and a polythiol (B) having two or more thiol groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama
  • Publication number: 20120071579
    Abstract: The invention provides a light-curable adhesive resin composition, which exhibits good adhesion to adherends, including not only thermoplastic resins such as PET or polyimide, but also metal oxides such as IZO and metals such as gold. As means for solving the problems, the inventive thiol group-containing adhesive resin composition contains (A) a urethane (meta-) acrylate oligomer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5,000-40,000, (B) a (meta-) acryloyl morpholine monomer, (C) a polythiol, and (D) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polythiol (C) has thiol groups in an amount of 0.4 equivalents or more per 1 equivalent of the total (meta-) acrylate groups contained in the thiol group-containing adhesive resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama
  • Publication number: 20120041154
    Abstract: The invention provides a rubber composition comprising a styrene-butadiene copolymer and having improved compatibility with a thiol-based crosslinking agent and also having increased curability. As means for solving the problems, the inventive thiol-containing liquid rubber composition comprises (A) a styrene-butadiene copolymer which is liquid at 25° C. and (B) a polythiol derived from mercaptocarboxylic acid, wherein the styrene-butadiene copolymer (A) desirably has a bound styrene content of 20 to 90% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Kitano, Shuyou Akama