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).

  • Publication number: 20240092150
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Juan Antonio VELA GONZALEZ, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Sumeet JAIN
  • Patent number: 11845674
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: UBE Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kurihara, Atsuyoshi Nakagawa, Hiroshi Fujino, Chisen Hashimoto, Hirofumi Takemoto, Koji Abe
  • Patent number: 11305821
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinari Suzaki, Atsushi Minochi, Tomoyuki Kato, Shinichi Todaka, Hirofumi Takemoto, Yusuke Chigira
  • Patent number: 11292528
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 11247730
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20200339199
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10759673
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Hirofumi Takemoto, Hiroshi Fujino
  • Publication number: 20200087160
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki KURIHARA, Atsuyoshi NAKAGAWA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Chisen HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Koji ABE
  • Publication number: 20200006761
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJINO, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Chisen HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180037467
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MIYOSHI, Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Hiroshi FUJINO
  • Patent number: 9850139
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Yoshizumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Fujino, Yasumasa Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 9771273
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Yoshizumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Fujino, Yasumasa Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20170107117
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES. LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Yoshizumi TANAKA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Yasumasa IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160204433
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi TAKEMOTO, Yoshizumi TANAKA, Hiroshi FUJINO, Yasumasa IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9352696
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Colin P. Gorey, David John Pietenpol, Lin Z. Lee, Christopher Salvador, Hirofumi Takemoto, John H. Manning
  • Patent number: 9234080
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideya Yoshitake, Masayuki Nishio, Tsunao Matsuura, Kenji Fukuda, Ken Nakamura, Keiichirou Koyashiki, Masaki Yoshio, Hirofumi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 9190660
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka
  • Publication number: 20150129625
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Colin P. Gorey, David John Pietenpol, Lin Z. Lee, Christopher Salvador, Hirofumi Takemoto, John H. Manning
  • Publication number: 20130149612
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka
  • Publication number: 20130146809
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Takemoto, Kazuo Hashimoto, Atsuo Hitaka