Patents by Inventor Haruki Kobayashi

Haruki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240145713
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a negative electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which is improved in the capacity retention rate. The aspect of the present invention, there is provided silicon-containing amorphous carbon particles comprising an easy-graphitizable amorphous carbon containing silicon oxide particles having a chemical formula represented by SiOx (0<x<2), which silicon-containing amorphous carbon particles are spherical particles comprising a core particle present at the center portion and a shell layer formed on the outside of core particle, in which voids are present not only between said core particle and said shell layer but also in the shell layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI, Haruki KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240110803
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to extract roads that are difficult for a particular truck to travel based on a travel history of one or more trucks and generate route guidance such that roads that are easy for the particular truck to travel are given priority by avoiding at least one road among the extracted roads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240109512
    Abstract: A vehicle management apparatus is configured to manage a vehicle for delivery loaded with one or more packages. The vehicle management apparatus includes a controller configured to, upon detecting that the vehicle has stopped, determine, based on vehicle data indicating a status of the vehicle, whether a driver of the vehicle is making a delivery, and control a door of the vehicle to lock in a case in which it has been determined that the driver is making a delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240104488
    Abstract: A delivery support apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a controller configured to acquire information about a vehicle used for delivery of a package, the information having been acquired on the vehicle, determine, based on the information about the vehicle, a loading/unloading location at which the package was loaded or unloaded, and generate, based on the loading/unloading location, information about a location at which packages can be loaded/unloaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroto TOMIDA, Ryosuke KOBAYASHI, Satoshi KOMAMINE, Tetsuya IDE, Mayuko ABE, Makoto AKAHANE, Haruki OGURI
  • Publication number: 20240081772
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes an imaging apparatus and a processor. The imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube configured to generate an X ray; and an X-ray detector configured to detect an X ray that has been emitted from the X-ray tube and passed through a subject. The processor obtains an examination protocol including an imaging condition corresponding to contents of an examination for the subject, obtains a camera image in which the subject has been captured, and determines whether at least one examination item corresponding to the examination protocol is executable based on first geometric information and second geometric information, the first geometric information including a geometric positional relation between the subject and the imaging apparatus associated with the examination protocol, and the second geometric information including a geometric positional relation between the subject and the imaging apparatus detected based on the camera image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie IKEZAKI, Naoko KURATOMI, Haruki Iwai, Yoshimasa Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230391093
    Abstract: A flow-path coupling member includes: first-face coupling portions each configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of flow paths of a first flow-path member; second-face coupling portions each configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of flow paths of a second flow-path member; coupling flow paths each connecting a corresponding one of the first-face coupling portions and a corresponding one of the second-face coupling portions; a first outer surface facing a first direction; and a second outer surface facing a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first-face coupling portions are provided in the first outer surface and arranged in the second direction, and the second-face coupling portions are provided in the second outer surface and arranged in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230343520
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected with the internal electrode layers, in which the dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and when a dimension in the lamination direction of the multilayer body is defined as T0, a dimension in the length direction of the multilayer body is defined as L0, and a dimension in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction and the length direction is defined as W0, a relationship of L0<W0<T0 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230230771
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected to the internal electrode layers. The dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and the external electrode layers each include a sintered electrode layer in which dielectric particles including at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti are included in a metal including Ni, and at least one of a Cu-plated layer, a Ni-plated layer, and a Sn-plated layer on an outer side of the sintered electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11705282
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected with the internal electrode layers, in which the dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and when a dimension in the lamination direction of the multilayer body is defined as T0, a dimension in the length direction of the multilayer body is defined as L0, and a dimension in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction and the length direction is defined as W0, a relationship of L0<W0<T0 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230134366
    Abstract: A head unit includes: a circuit substrate, a casing including a cover for defining an accommodation space that accommodates the circuit substrate, and a flow passage member of which a part is disposed in the casing, including a flow passage coupling portion. The cover has an intake port for sucking air from an outside of the cover to the accommodation space and an exhaust port for exhausting the air passing through the accommodation space, and the flow passage coupling portion is disposed outside the casing and disposed closer to the intake port than to the exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Haruki KOBAYASHI, Taiki HANAGAMI
  • Patent number: 11631538
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected to the internal electrode layers. The dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and the external electrode layers each include a sintered electrode layer in which dielectric particles including at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti are included in a metal including Ni, and at least one of a Cu-plated layer, a Ni-plated layer, and a Sn-plated layer on an outer side of the sintered electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haruki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230068149
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that has an ejection surface including a first nozzle row configured to eject a first ink and a second nozzle row configured to eject a second ink. The liquid ejecting head is configured to be held in a first posture in which the ejection surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane. The dynamic surface tension of the first ink is higher than the dynamic surface tension of the second ink. In the first posture, the first nozzle row is positioned above the second nozzle row with respect to a gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Haruki KOBAYASHI, Atsushi MUTO
  • Patent number: 11501924
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated together in a lamination direction, and at a widthwise end of at least one of the internal electrode layers in a cross section of the laminate perpendicular to the lamination direction, a ratio of a length X to a length Y is about 1.2 or more and about 3.0 or less, where the length X denotes a length of a straight boundary line between the internal electrode layer and the ceramic layer when the shape of the internal electrode layer is considered as a polygon, and the length Y denotes a length of an actual boundary line between the internal electrode layer and the ceramic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Teraoka, Isao Fukuchi, Haruki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11433676
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle plate, a case head disposed in a second-direction opposite to a first-direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and a lid member; and a carriage having an outer wall surrounding a periphery of the nozzle plate, in which the lid member has a first-surface, a second-surface, and a third-surface, the first-surface is disposed in the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, the second-surface is coupled to the first-surface and is disposed to cover a part of a side surface of the case head in a third-direction orthogonal to the first-direction, the third-surface is coupled to the second-surface to extend in the third-direction, and is disposed so as not to abut on the outer wall, and an end portion of the third-surface in the third-direction overlaps the outer wall when viewed in the second-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Kobayashi, Eiichiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220013297
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers provided on opposing end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected with the internal electrode layers, in which the dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and when a dimension in the lamination direction of the multilayer body is defined as T0, a dimension in the length direction of the multilayer body is defined as L0, and a dimension in a width direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the lamination direction and the length direction is defined as W0, a relationship of L0<W0<T0 is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220013292
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers laminated alternately on each other, and external electrode layers on both end surfaces of the multilayer body in a length direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a lamination direction, and each connected to the internal electrode layers. The dielectric layers each include at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti, the internal electrode layers each include Cu, and the external electrode layers each include a sintered electrode layer in which dielectric particles including at least one of Ca, Zr, or Ti are included in a metal including Ni, and at least one of a Cu-plated layer, a Ni-plated layer, and a Sn-plated layer on an outer side of the sintered electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11020970
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head including nozzles ejecting a liquid, a flow path member including flow paths that communicate with the nozzles, and an electric substrate stacked on the flow path member in a first direction. The flow path member includes pipes that protrude in the first direction from a surface facing the electric substrate, the flow paths respectively being formed inside the pipes. Through holes through which the pipes are inserted are provided in the electric substrate. The through holes include a first through hole and a second through hole. The pipes include a first pipe that includes a first contact surface that contacts an internal circumferential surface of the first through hole and a second pipe that includes a second contact surface that contacts an internal circumferential surface of the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Haruki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210142947
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including ceramic layers and internal electrode layers laminated together in a lamination direction, and at a widthwise end of at least one of the internal electrode layers in a cross section of the laminate perpendicular to the lamination direction, a ratio of a length X to a length Y is about 1.2 or more and about 3.0 or less, where the length X denotes a length of a straight boundary line between the internal electrode layer and the ceramic layer when the shape of the internal electrode layer is considered as a polygon, and the length Y denotes a length of an actual boundary line between the internal electrode layer and the ceramic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Eiji TERAOKA, Isao FUKUCHI, Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210094300
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate including nozzle arrays having nozzles, a case head, a circuit board, a cover, and a first connector disposed on a supported surface of the circuit board. The nozzle arrays are arranged in a third direction perpendicular to a first direction. The case head includes a first side wall located at an end in the third direction thereof. The first connector is away in the third direction from the first side wall. The first connector includes first connection terminals arranged in a fifth direction perpendicular to the first direction and the third direction on the supported surface. The cover includes a first eaves portion protruding in the third direction with respect to the first side wall and extending in the fifth direction to overlap the first connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Haruki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210094299
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle plate, a case head disposed in a second-direction opposite to a first-direction with respect to the nozzle plate, and a lid member; and a carriage having an outer wall surrounding a periphery of the nozzle plate, in which the lid member has a first-surface, a second-surface, and a third-surface, the first-surface is disposed in the first direction with respect to the nozzle plate, the second-surface is coupled to the first-surface and is disposed to cover a part of a side surface of the case head in a third-direction orthogonal to the first-direction, the third-surface is coupled to the second-surface to extend in the third-direction, and is disposed so as not to abut on the outer wall, and an end portion of the third-surface in the third-direction overlaps the outer wall when viewed in the second-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Haruki KOBAYASHI, Eiichiro WATANABE