Patents by Inventor Hideaki Tanaka

Hideaki Tanaka 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).

  • Multilayer ceramic capacitor
    Patent number: 10325726
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Daiki Fukunaga, Koji Moriyama
  • Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery
    Publication number: 20190157664
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode active material represented by: ?(Si material)+?(carbon material), the Si material is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of SiOx that is a mixture of amorphous SiO2 particles and Si particles and a Si-containing alloy; ? and ? represent % by mass; and 80??+??98, 0.1???40, and 58???97.9 are satisfied), and when area proportions (%) of the Si material and the carbon material in an area of a field of view of each image of cross-sections of the layer in a case where a plurality of arbitrary places is selected in a plane of the layer are designated as S (%) and (100?S) (%), respectively, a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of S is within 5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke Yamamoto, Wataru Ogihara, Gentaro Kano, Hideaki Tanaka, Youichirou Kondou, Masaaki Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Takashi Nakano
  • Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery
    Publication number: 20190140261
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a negative electrode active material represented by the Formula (1)=? (Si material)+? (carbon material), wherein the Si material is one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of SiOx that is a mixture of amorphous SiO2 particles and Si particles and a Si-containing alloy; ? and ? represent % by mass of each component in the layer; and 80??+??98, 0.1???40, and 58???97.9 are satisfied, and a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of an area proportion (%) of a binder in an area of the field of view of each image of cross-sections of the layer in a case where a plurality of arbitrary places is selected in a plane of the negative electrode active material layer is within 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Yamamoto, Wataru Ogihara, Gentaro Kano, Hideaki Tanaka, Youichirou Kondou, Masaaki Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Takashi Nakano
  • Non-aqueous organic electrolyte secondary cell
    Patent number: 10283769
    Abstract: In a non-aqueous organic electrolyte secondary cell, the counter charge capacity ratio (A/C) between the cathodes and the anodes represented by the following formula is set to within the range from 1.10 to 1.35, A/C=?×(anode charge capacity×?)/(cathode charge capacity×?×?) where ? is the electrode area coefficient defined as (anode area)/(cathode area) and ?>1.0, ? is a design coefficient and 0.85???1.15, ? is the charge-discharge efficiency ratio defined as (charge-discharge ratio at 25° C.)/(charge-discharge ratio at 55° C.), and ? is the temperature characteristic coefficient defined as (charge capacity at 55° C.)/(charge capacity at 25° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamamoto, Hideaki Tanaka, Hajime Satou
  • MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20190103226
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki TANAKA, Daiki FUKUNAGA, Koji MORIYAMA
  • Reactor
    Patent number: 10249428
    Abstract: A reactor is provided. The reactor includes a coil and a terminal block that is fixed to conductor wires that led out from both ends in a winding core direction of the coil. The terminal block includes an input-side terminal block that is fixed to an input-side conductor wire that leads out from one end of the coil, and an output-side terminal block that is fixed to an output-side conductor wire that leads out from another end portion of the coil. The input-side terminal block and the output-side terminal block are disposed on different levels in the winding core direction based on lead-out positions in the winding core direction of the input-side conductor wire and the output-side conductor wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., TAMURA Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Kentarou Taoka, Motonobu Ikeda, Iwao Toyama, Yoshitaka Shimaya, Hiroki Imai
  • MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR
    Publication number: 20190096586
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki TANAKA, Daiki FUKUNAGA, Koji MORIYAMA
  • Developing device and image forming apparatus for efficient equalization of developer along a developing device
    Patent number: 10241444
    Abstract: A developing device includes a hardware processor that performs control in which a developer circulation state is switched between a first state and a second state depending on states of the developer in the first and the second regions. The first state is a state in which a developer circulation path is formed in each of the first and the second regions, and the second state is a state in which a single developer circulation path is formed all through the first and the second regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kei Okamura, Shunichi Takaya, Hideaki Tanaka, Kazuteru Ishizuka, Shota Sakurai, Kei Yuasa
  • Multilayer ceramic capacitor
    Patent number: 10229788
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body and first and second external electrodes respectively on both end surfaces of the laminated body. When regions where first internal electrodes or second internal electrodes are not present are regarded as side margin portions in a cross section of the laminated body as viewed from the laminating direction, the side margin portions include multiple side margin layers, and the content of Si in the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode is lower than that in the side margin layer other than the side margin layer closest to the internal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanaka, Daiki Fukunaga, Koji Moriyama
  • BATTERY STATE ESTIMATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190064276
    Abstract: A battery model includes a series connection of a direct current resistance model, a charge transfer resistance model derived from the Butler-Volmer equation, and a diffusion resistance model. A battery state estimating device includes a storage unit and a parameter calculating unit. The storage unit stores information on the resistance parameter related to the resistance component of the diffusion resistance model, the time constant parameter related to the time constant of the diffusion resistance model, and the charge parameter of the charge transfer resistance model, in association with temperature information of the secondary battery. The parameter calculating unit calculates each of the parameters corresponding to the detected temperature value based on a detected temperature value of the secondary battery and the information stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki KAWAI, Keiichi KATO, Yuji KOIKE, Hideaki TANAKA, Shuntaro KONO
  • Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 10203630
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrying member carrying a developer; a plurality of developer feeders accommodating the developer carried by the developer carrying member and being arranged in an axial direction of the developer carrying member; and a collecting part that collects the developer from the developer carrying member and feeds the developer to a second developer feeder different from a first developer feeder located at a position where the developer is collected from the developer carrying member in the axial direction, among the plurality of developer feeders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kei Yuasa, Shunichi Takaya, Hideaki Tanaka, Kazuteru Ishizuka, Shota Sakurai, Kei Okamura
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20190044156
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a separator for a fuel cell, includes: setting a metal plate and first and second electro-conductive resin sheets between first and second dies; and forming a flow channel in the metal plate and the first and second electro-conductive resin sheets by hot pressing with the first and second dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki TANAKA
  • SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20190044157
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell, includes: a metal plate; a first electro-conductive resin layer formed on a first surface side of the metal plate; a second electro-conductive resin layer formed on a second surface side of the metal plate opposite to the first surface side; and a flow channel in which the metal plate and the first and second electro-conductive resin layers have a wavy shape in cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki TANAKA
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL
    Publication number: 20190044161
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a separator for a fuel cell, including: preparing a first die including: a first convex surface and a first concave surface; and a first side surface connected between the first convex surface and the first concave surface; preparing a second die including: a second concave surface and a second convex surface respectively facing the first convex surface and the first concave surface; and a second side surface facing the first side surface and connected between the second concave surface and the second convex surface; preparing a metal plate having a flat plate shape, and two electro-conductive resin sheets; and forming a flow channel in the metal plate and the two electro-conductive resin sheets by hot pressing with the first and second dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hideaki TANAKA
  • Developing device with side by side developing sections, and image forming apparatus with same
    Patent number: 10139755
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a plurality of development sections arranged in an axis direction of a developer bearing member; a communication section disposed at a boundary of adjacent two development sections of the development sections, and configured to communicate between the two development sections; and a control section configured to perform an operation of moving the developer between the two development sections through the communication section to equalize degradation states of the developer in the two development sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Shota Sakurai, Shunichi Takaya, Kei Okamura, Hideaki Tanaka, Kazuteru Ishizuka, Kei Yuasa
  • DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180335727
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developing agent carrier body that carries a developing agent; a supplier that has a plurality of movement areas for moving the developing agent and that supplies the developing agent to the developing agent carrier body; a confluence path that combines the developing agent moving in each of the plurality of movement areas and thereafter returns the developing agent to the plurality of movement areas; and a mixing member that mixes the developing agent entered in the confluence path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuteru Ishizuka, Hideaki Tanaka, Shunichi Takaya, Shota Sakurai, Kei Okamura, Kei Yuasa
  • COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, ENCODING DEVICE, AND ENCODING METHOD
    Publication number: 20180336177
    Abstract: An information processing device executes a process including reading data to be encoded from target text data, encoding a numerical value notation character string representing a numerical value included in the data to be encoded, and registering numerical value data corresponding to the numerical value notation character string and a code in a dictionary in an associated manner based on the encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro KATAOKA, Toshihide Nakatsu, Hideaki Tanaka
  • DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180284644
    Abstract: A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrying member carrying a developer; a plurality of developer feeders accommodating the developer carried by the developer carrying member and being arranged in an axial direction of the developer carrying member; and a collecting part that collects the developer from the developer carrying member and feeds the developer to a second developer feeder different from a first developer feeder located at a position where the developer is collected from the developer carrying member in the axial direction, among the plurality of developer feeders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Kei YUASA, Shunichi TAKAYA, Hideaki TANAKA, Kazuteru ISHIZUKA, Shota SAKURAI, Kei OKAMURA
  • IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180263582
    Abstract: An image displaying system according to an embodiment includes an observation target device, a display device and processing circuitry. The display device is configured to display an image. The processing circuitry is configured to: arrange a three-dimensional model relating to the observation target device in a virtual space; acquire data indicating a relative positional relationship between an operator and the observation target device; generate an image of a three-dimensional model included in a blind area when viewed from the operator, based on the data indicating the relative positional relationship and on the three-dimensional model arranged in the virtual space; and display the image on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Hisato Takemoto, Toru Takahashi, Tomio Maehama, Hideaki Tanaka, Naoya Fujita, Manabu Tanaka
  • PROCESSING METHOD FOR WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20180261505
    Abstract: A processing method for a workpiece includes: a holding step of holding the workpiece by a chuck table; a groove forming step of moving the chuck table in a processing feeding direction at a first speed, and sequentially cutting a plurality of division lines extending in a first direction by a first cutting blade to form the workpiece with grooves along the division lines; a first deep-cutting step of further cutting the grooves, by a second cutting blade, to thereby deep-cut the grooves, during when the groove forming step is performed; and a second deep-cutting step of moving the chuck table in the processing feeding direction at a second speed higher than the first speed, and further cutting by the second cutting blade those of the grooves which have not been deep-cut in the first deep-cutting step, to thereby deep-cut those grooves, after the groove forming step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventor: Hideaki Tanaka