Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Taguchi

Hiroaki Taguchi 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: 11888141
    Abstract: There is provided an air battery including a first housings accommodating a base cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a second housing containing an electrolyte solution or water, in which the first housing and the negative electrode each have a hole leading to the separator, the second housing has a hole that is capable of being sealed, and the first housing and the second housing are disposed to face the hole of the first housing and the hole of the second housing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu, Yoko Ono, Yuzu Kobayashi, Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara
  • Publication number: 20230419812
    Abstract: A cap of a container includes: a wireless communication unit; and a primary battery that supplies power to the wireless communication unit, the primary battery includes: a basic cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator; an electrolytic solution contained in a separate chamber from the basic cell; and a sealing valve of the separate chamber, the electrolytic solution is brought into contact with the separator by pulling out the sealing valve to start power generation, and the wireless communication unit operates by power generation of the primary battery and transmits an opening notification of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11855271
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: a cathode formed of a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; a foil- or plate-like anode formed of a metal; a separator that absorbs a liquid, which is to be an electrolytic solution; and a foil- or plate-like current collector formed of a metal. The metal-air battery is formed with a wound structure in which the current collector, the cathode, the separator, the anode, and the separator are superimposed and wound in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11851786
    Abstract: A method includes a freezing process in which a solution or gel containing cellulose nanofibers is frozen to obtain a frozen component, a drying process in which the frozen component is dried in a vacuum to obtain a dry component, and a carbonizing process in which the dry component is heated and carbonized in a non-combustible atmosphere, and in the carbonizing process, the dry component is heated together with a reducing catalyst and also a material that generates a reducing gas by thermal decomposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Minowa, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Shuhei Sakamoto, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230410785
    Abstract: A sound wave generator is configured to generate ultrasonic waves having a predetermined frequency that chases away vermin. The sound wave generator includes a power supply, a switch, an oscillation circuit, and a speaker. The power supply includes a battery that is a DC power supply and outputs DC power for generating sound waves. The switch is operated by a user of the sound wave generator to switch between supply and non-supply of power from the power supply to the oscillation circuit. When the switch is turned on, the oscillation circuit operates with DC power output from the power supply and oscillates an electrical signal having a predetermined frequency. An organic transistor is used in the oscillation circuit. The speaker converts the electrical signal oscillated by the oscillation circuit into sound waves and outputs the sound waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki Miura, Hiroaki Taguchi, Hideyuki Nosaka, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230411634
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: an air electrode; a negative electrode containing a metal; and an electrolyte having ion conductivity. The air electrode includes: a co-continuous body having a three-dimensional network structure in which a plurality of nanostructures is split and integrated; and mesoporous carbon supported on the co-continuous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230402596
    Abstract: An iron-zinc battery includes a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing zinc, and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230395873
    Abstract: An iron-zinc battery includes a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing zinc, and an aqueous electrolytic solution disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The aqueous electrolytic solution contains zinc chloride (ZnCl2), and the weight of the zinc chloride (ZnCl2) is equal to or more than the weight of water (H2O) contained in the aqueous electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230387510
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes an air electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolytic solution disposed between the air electrode and the negative electrode, and the electrolytic solution contains an alkyl glucoside having or more and or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Yuzu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230387379
    Abstract: A primary battery including a positive electrode containing iron oxyhydroxide, a negative electrode containing magnesium or aluminum, and an electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230369684
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: an air electrode; a negative electrode; an ion exchange membrane that separates the air electrode and the negative electrode from each other; an air-electrode-side electrolytic solution that is disposed between the air electrode and the ion exchange membrane; and a negative-electrode-side electrolytic solution that is disposed between the negative electrode and the ion exchange membrane. The negative-electrode-side electrolytic solution contains a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu, Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata
  • Publication number: 20230204355
    Abstract: A tilt sensor includes a notification unit adapted to provide notification about occurrence of tilt; a water storage chamber that contains an electrolytic solution; and a unit cell that includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator placed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. When the water storage chamber tilts, the electrolytic solution is injected into the separator and the unit cell starts generating power and supplies electric power needed to drive the notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230198052
    Abstract: A metal air battery includes an air electrode containing a conductive material and a catalyst, a negative electrode containing a metal, and an electrolyte having ionic conductivity. The conductive material contains a co-continuous body of a three-dimensional network structure in which nanostructure bodies are branched, and the catalyst contains oxide having a cage-shaped crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230071583
    Abstract: A method for producing a spherical nanocarbon fiber assembly, including: freezing a dispersion liquid containing cellulose nanofibers by spraying the dispersion liquid on a brine solution to obtain a frozen product; drying the frozen product in a vacuum to obtain a dried product; and heating the dried product in an atmosphere that does not burn the dried product, thereby carbonizing the dried product to obtain a spherical nanocarbon fiber assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Yuzu Kobayashi, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11556547
    Abstract: A determination device according to the present application has an acquisition unit, a categorization unit, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires the search queries, which have been input by a plurality of input customers who have input a reference query. The categorization unit categorizes the search queries, which have been input in a predetermined period among search queries, into a plurality of categories. The determination unit determines whether a categorization result by the categorization unit satisfies a predetermined determination condition or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Yahoo Japan Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Tsubouchi, Shuji Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20230011844
    Abstract: A method for producing cellulose nanofiber carbon includes a freezing step of freezing a solution or gel containing cellulose nanofibers to obtain a frozen product, a drying step of drying the frozen product in a vacuum to obtain a dried product, and a carbonizing step of heating and carbonizing the dried product in an atmosphere in which the dried product does not burn to obtain cellulose nanofiber carbon, in which, in the carbonizing step, the dried product is heated together with a sacrificial agent that is carbonized before the dried product is carbonized to generate a reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hironobu Minowa, Masaya Nohara, Mikayo Iwata, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20230006287
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air battery using oxygen in air as a cathode active material, the air battery comprising: a cylindrical anode made of a metal; a cathode constituted by a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; and a separator that is arranged between the cathode and the anode and absorbs an electrolytic solution, wherein: the cathode is arranged inside the anode via the separator; and the anode has an open hole that reaches the separator and constitutes a housing of the air battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220416329
    Abstract: A metal-air battery includes: a cathode formed of a co-continuous body having a three dimensional network structure formed by an integrated plurality of nanostructures having branches; a foil- or plate-like anode formed of a metal; a separator that absorbs a liquid, which is to be an electrolytic solution; and a foil- or plate-like current collector formed of a metal. The metal-air battery is formed with a wound structure in which the current collector, the cathode, the separator, the anode, and the separator are superimposed and wound in this order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara, Hiroaki Taguchi, Yuzu Kobayashi, Takeshi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220399598
    Abstract: There is provided an air battery including a first housings accommodating a base cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a second housing containing an electrolyte solution or water, in which the first housing and the negative electrode each have a hole leading to the separator, the second housing has a hole that is capable of being sealed, and the first housing and the second housing are disposed to face the hole of the first housing and the hole of the second housing each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu, Yoko Ono, Yuzu Kobayashi, Mikayo Iwata, Masaya Nohara
  • Publication number: 20220368430
    Abstract: An embodiment communication system includes: one or more slave stations, each of the slave stations including a sensor configured to detect a sensor signal, a controller configured to generate a first electrical signal at a predetermined frequency using the sensor signal, and a sound wave transmitter configured to convert the first electrical signal into a sound wave signal and to emit the sound wave signal; and a master station including a sound wave receiver configured to receive the sound wave signal and to convert the sound wave signal into a second electrical signal, and a controller configured to detect that the sensor of one of the slave stations has detected the sensor signal based on the second electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki Miura, Hideyuki Nosaka, Hiroaki Taguchi, Takeshi Komatsu