Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Takemoto
Hirofumi Takemoto 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).
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Publication number: 20240092150Abstract: A windshield retention assembly includes a windshield, a windshield retention bracket including a lower bracket portion and a tab extended from the lower bracket portion, and an outer adhesion bead bonding the lower bracket portion to the windshield, wherein the tab is extended beyond an edge of the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Juan Antonio VELA GONZALEZ, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Sumeet JAIN
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Patent number: 11845674Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, having a specific surface area of 4 m2/g or more, and containing at least one localized element selected from the group consisting of boron (B), Ln (where Ln is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Hb, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and Sc), and M1 (where M1 is at least one metal element selected from W and Mo), wherein boron (B), Ln, and M1 as the localized element are localized on or near surfaces of lithium titanate particles forming the lithium titanate powder.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: UBE CorporationInventors: Yoshiki Kurihara, Atsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Fujino, Chisen Hashimoto, Hirofumi Takemoto, Koji Abe
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Patent number: 11305821Abstract: A front vehicle body structure includes a windshield and a lighting body unit provided beside and along an end surface of the windshield in a vehicle width direction. The lighting body unit has a lighting body and an outer lens that is disposed along the end surface of the windshield and transmits light from the lighting body. A gap is provided between the windshield and the outer lens. The outer lens has a front surface portion facing a front side of a vehicle, and a side surface portion extending toward a rear side of the vehicle from an end of the front surface portion on the windshield side. A chamfered portion is provided at an outside corner portion formed by the front surface portion and the side surface portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akinari Suzaki, Atsushi Minochi, Tomoyuki Kato, Shinichi Todaka, Hirofumi Takemoto, Yusuke Chigira
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Patent number: 11292528Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front glass, a front pillar having a subsidiary glass provided at further outward in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body than the front glass, a front pillar upper part provided between a roof and an upper member of the vehicle body and forming a load path of a front collision together with the upper member, and a stud provided in front of the front pillar upper part and configured to support an end portion of the front glass and an end portion of the subsidiary glass, and a garnish configured to cover the stud from an outer side of a passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
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Patent number: 11247730Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front glass, a front pillar having a subsidiary glass provided at further outward in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body than the front glass, a front pillar upper part provided between a roof and an upper member of the vehicle body and forming a load path of a front collision together with the upper member, and a stud provided in front of the front pillar upper part and configured to support an end portion of the front glass and an end portion of the subsidiary glass, and a garnish configured to cover the stud from an outer side of a passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
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Publication number: 20200339199Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front glass, a front pillar having a subsidiary glass provided at further outward in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body than the front glass, a front pillar upper part provided between a roof and an upper member of the vehicle body and forming a load path of a front collision together with the upper member, and a stud provided in front of the front pillar upper part and configured to support an end portion of the front glass and an end portion of the subsidiary glass, and a garnish configured to cover the stud from an outer side of a passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
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Patent number: 10759673Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, wherein the lithium titanate powder includes Li4Ti5O12 as a main component and has a specific surface area of 5 to 50 m2/g, a total-fine pore volume of the lithium titanate powder is 0.03 to 0.5 ml/g and the lithium titanate powder includes a phosphorus atom in an amount of 0.03 to 1% by mass, an active material containing the lithium titanate powder, an electrode sheet containing the active material, and an energy storage device using the electrode sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Hirofumi Takemoto, Hiroshi Fujino
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Publication number: 20200087160Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, having a specific surface area of 4 m2/g or more, and containing at least one localized element selected from the group consisting of boron (B), Ln (where Ln is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Hb, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and Sc), and M1 (where M1 is at least one metal element selected from W and Mo), wherein boron (B), Ln, and M1 as the localized element are localized on or near surfaces of lithium titanate particles forming the lithium titanate powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki KURIHARA, Atsuyoshi NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Chisen HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Koji ABE
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Publication number: 20200006761Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium titanate powder and an active material which, in the case of being applied as an electrode material of an energy storage device, can suppress the gas generation at high temperatures and the capacity reduction in high-temperature charge and discharge cycles and besides can also suppress the resistance rise in the high-temperature charge and discharge cycles, an electrode sheet, of an energy storage device, containing these, and an energy storage device using the electrode sheet. The lithium titanate powder contains Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, wherein the powder contains secondary particles being aggregates of primary particles composed of lithium titanate, and has a DBET of 0.03 ?m or more and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi FUJINO, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Chisen HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20180037467Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, wherein the lithium titanate powder includes Li4Ti5O12 as a main component and has a specific surface area of 5 to 50 m2/g, a total-fine pore volume of the lithium titanate powder is 0.03 to 0.5 ml/g and the lithium titanate powder includes a phosphorus atom in an amount of 0.03 to 1% by mass, an active material containing the lithium titanate powder, an electrode sheet containing the active material, and an energy storage device using the electrode sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Hiroshi FUJINO
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Patent number: 9850139Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, an active material containing the same, and an energy storage device using the active material. The lithium titanate powder comprises Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, and wherein, when a volume surface diameter calculated from specific surface area determined by the BET method is DBET and a crystallite diameter calculated from half-peak width of (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Yoshizumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Fujino, Yasumasa Iwamoto
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Patent number: 9771273Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, wherein, when the volume surface diameter calculated from the specific surface area determined by the BET method is represented as DBET and the crystallite diameter calculated from the half-peak width of the peak of the (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is represented as DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.6 ?m, DX is greater than 80 nm, and (DBET/DX (?m/?m)) the ratio of DBET to DX is 3 or less. Also provided are an active material including the lithium titanate powder and an energy storage device using the active material.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Yoshizumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Fujino, Yasumasa Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20170107117Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, an active material containing the same, and an energy storage device using the active material. The lithium titanate powder comprises Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, and wherein, when a volume surface diameter calculated from specific surface area determined by the BET method is DBET and a crystallite diameter calculated from half-peak width of (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES. LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Yoshizumi TANAKA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Yasumasa IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160204433Abstract: Provided is a lithium titanate powder for an electrode of an energy storage device, the lithium titanate powder comprising Li4Ti5O12 as a main component, wherein, when the volume surface diameter calculated from the specific surface area determined by the BET method is represented as DBET and the crystallite diameter calculated from the half-peak width of the peak of the (111) plane of Li4Ti5O12 by the Scherrer equation is represented as DX, DBET is 0.1 to 0.6 ?m, DX is greater than 80 nm, and (DBET/DX (?m/?m)) the ratio of DBET to DX is 3 or less. Also provided are an active material including the lithium titanate powder and an energy storage device using the active material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Yoshizumi TANAKA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Yasumasa IWAMOTO
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Patent number: 9352696Abstract: A roof rail for mounting to a vehicle. The rail has an elongated base of plastic and a metal stay member. The stay member has a first surface oriented for mating with a vehicle roof and a second surface oriented for receiving a cross bar. The stay member is encapsulated by the plastic forming the elongated base. The first surface includes at least two openings configured for receiving a fastener. The second surface includes at least two passages configured for receiving a fastener. An elongated plastic cap element is also provided. The cap element has a first edge engaging the elongated base adjacent the first surface of the stay member and a second edge engaging the base adjacent the second surface of the stay member, but does not cover the second surface of the stay member.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Colin P. Gorey, David John Pietenpol, Lin Z. Lee, Christopher Salvador, Hirofumi Takemoto, John H. Manning
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Patent number: 9234080Abstract: There is disclosed a conductive resin composition, comprising: (a) a resin component, and (b) a fine carbon fiber dispersed in the resin component, wherein a graphite-net plane consisting solely of carbon atoms forms a temple-bell-shaped structural unit comprising closed head-top part and body-part with open lower-end, 2 to 30 of the temple-bell-shaped structural units are stacked sharing a common central axis to form an aggregate, and the aggregates are connected in head-to-tail style with a distance to form the fiber. The resin composition has high conductivity while maintaining the original physical properties of the resin.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hideya Yoshitake, Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda, Ken Nakamura, Keiichirou Koyashiki, Masaki Yoshio, Hirofumi Takemoto
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Patent number: 9190660Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode material for a secondary battery wherein the inside and the surface of a lithium-titanium complex oxide is composited with a fine carbon fiber as a network.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka
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Publication number: 20150129625Abstract: A roof rail for mounting to a vehicle. The rail has an elongated base of plastic and a metal stay member. The stay member has a first surface oriented for mating with a vehicle roof and a second surface oriented for receiving a cross bar. The stay member is encapsulated by the plastic forming the elongated base. The first surface includes at least two openings configured for receiving a fastener. The second surface includes at least two passages configured for receiving a fastener. An elongated plastic cap element is also provided. The cap element has a first edge engaging the elongated base adjacent the first surface of the stay member and a second edge engaging the base adjacent the second surface of the stay member, but does not cover the second surface of the stay member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Colin P. Gorey, David John Pietenpol, Lin Z. Lee, Christopher Salvador, Hirofumi Takemoto, John H. Manning
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Publication number: 20130149612Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode material for a secondary battery wherein the inside and the surface of a lithium-titanium complex oxide is composited with a fine carbon fiber as a network.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: UBE Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka
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Publication number: 20130146809Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for continuously manufacturing a lithium secondary battery electrode material comprising: dispersing a transition metal compound in a solution of a lithium compound in an aqueous medium to give a mixture; and charging the mixture in a rotatory cylinder and drying and calcining the mixture, wherein the mixture is stirred by an impeller mounted in the interior of the rotatory cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka