Patents by Inventor Hiroki Kitamura
Hiroki Kitamura 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: 20260100426Abstract: A power storage element comprises a negative electrode that includes a first conductor having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first active material layer provided on the first surface of the first conductor and configured to contain a plurality of first negative-electrode active material particles; and a first layer containing an inorganic material and including a first part provided across two or more of the first negative-electrode active material particles exposed on an opposite side of the first conductor, and a second part penetrating between the first negative-electrode active material particles of the first active material layer from the first part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2025Publication date: April 9, 2026Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Hiroki KITAMURA, Yukiko HIRABAYASHI, Keitaro OTSUKI
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Patent number: 12586731Abstract: An amorphous dielectric includes a compound represented by A1+?BOxNy. ?0.3???0.3, 0<x?3.50, 0?y?1.00, and 6.70?2x+3y?7.30 are satisfied. A sum of an average valence of A-site ions and an average valence of B-site ions is 6.70 to 7.30.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Kumiko Yamazaki, Shuto Kano, Yuji Umeda, Hiroki Kitamura, Takeshi Shibahara, Junichi Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20260063034Abstract: By drilling a blast hole using a crawler drill, rock quality around the blast hole can be judged at the same time. A rock quality judgment device performs judgment using a differential pressure value between an actual feed pressure and a feed command pressure (differential pressure value judgment) and performs the differential pressure value judgment by comparing the actual feed pressure of a feed motor with the feed command pressure. The rock quality judgment device judges, when the actual feed pressure of the feed motor is lower than the feed command pressure while the drilling is performed, the rock quality as unstable rock. In contrast, the rock quality judgment device judges, when the actual feed pressure is higher than the feed command pressure, the rock quality as stable rock.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2025Publication date: March 5, 2026Inventors: Hiroki Kitamura, Hiroaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 11923147Abstract: A film capacitor that includes: an outer case defining an opening; a capacitor element within the outer case, the capacitor element including one or more metallized films, each metallized film including a resin film and a metal layer on a surface of the resin film; and a filling resin that fills a space between the capacitor element and the outer case, wherein the filling resin includes a first filling resin layer surrounding the capacitor element and a second filling resin layer disposed closer to the opening of the outer case than the first filling resin layer, the first filling resin layer and the second filling resin layer are made of the same resin and each contain a filler, and a filler content of the second filling resin layer is higher than a filler content of a portion of the first filling resin layer opposing the second filling resin layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Jogan, Hiroki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20230420185Abstract: A capacitor module that includes: a first capacitor; a second capacitor; a first bus bar having a support surface supporting the first capacitor and the second capacitor such that a first side surface of the first capacitor and a second side surface of the second capacitor face each other in a first direction along the support surface and define a space separating a curved portion of the first side surface and a curved portion of the second side surface in the first direction, the first bus bar electrically connected to a first electrode of the first capacitor and a third electrode of the second capacitor; a second bus bar electrically connected to a second electrode of the first capacitor and a fourth electrode of the second capacitor; and a sensor including a detector arranged in the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki NAKAMURA, Hiroki KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20230027057Abstract: An amorphous dielectric includes a compound represented by A1+?BOxNy. ?0.3???0.3, 0<x?3.50, 0?y?1.00, and 6.70?2x+3y?7.30 are satisfied. A sum of an average valence of A-site ions and an average valence of B-site ions is 6.70 to 7.30.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kumiko YAMAZAKI, Shuto KANO, Yuji UMEDA, Hiroki KITAMURA, Takeshi SHIBAHARA, Junichi YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11437654Abstract: A battery pack which includes: a battery cell which contains a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the battery cell is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery; a casing which stores the battery cell; and at least one liquid leakage sensor which detects liquid leakage from the battery cell, wherein the casing and/or the battery cell have a leaked liquid retention region in which the non-aqueous electrolyte tends to be retained when the non-aqueous electrolyte leaks out of the battery cell, wherein the liquid leakage sensor outputs measurement information as a detection result without using a charging/discharging circuit which charges and discharges the battery cell, and wherein at least one sensor unit of the liquid leakage sensor is provided in the leaked liquid retention region.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Yamashima, Mikio Tsuruoka, Hiroki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20220115183Abstract: A film capacitor that includes: an outer case defining an opening; a capacitor element within the outer case, the capacitor element including one or more metallized films, each metallized film including a resin film and a metal layer on a surface of the resin film; and a filling resin that fills a space between the capacitor element and the outer case, wherein the filling resin includes a first filling resin layer surrounding the capacitor element and a second filling resin layer disposed closer to the opening of the outer case than the first filling resin layer, the first filling resin layer and the second filling resin layer are made of the same resin and each contain a filler, and a filler content of the second filling resin layer is higher than a filler content of a portion of the first filling resin layer opposing the second filling resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Satoru JOGAN, Hiroki KITAMURA
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Patent number: 11096751Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, OKAYAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hiroki Kitamura, Akira Heya, Takafumi Namba, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Takayuki Matsuno, Takao Hiraki
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Publication number: 20210205038Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft; and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Hiroki KITAMURA, Akira Heya, Takafumi Namba, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Takayuki Matsuno, Takao Hiraki
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Patent number: 10845568Abstract: A lens-group moving apparatus for moving, in an optical system including a plurality of lenses, a lens group including at least one lens among the plurality of lenses includes: a moving lens frame that holds the lens group; a fixed cylinder that holds the moving lens frame movably in an optical axis direction; a moving frame that is movable in the optical axis direction and changes a relative position with respect to the fixed cylinder; a moving structure that causes the moving frame to move in the optical axis direction; an intermediate member that contacts the moving frame and the moving lens frame and that transmits a movement of the moving frame to the moving lens frame; and an urging member that urges the moving lens frame in a direction of the intermediate member.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Koniva Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Hiroki Kitamura
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Publication number: 20200067145Abstract: A battery pack which includes: a battery cell which contains a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the battery cell is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery; a casing which stores the battery cell; and at least one liquid leakage sensor which detects liquid leakage from the battery cell, wherein the casing and/or the battery cell have a leaked liquid retention region in which the non-aqueous electrolyte tends to be retained when the non-aqueous electrolyte leaks out of the battery cell, wherein the liquid leakage sensor outputs measurement information as a detection result without using a charging/discharging circuit which charges and discharges the battery cell, and wherein at least one sensor unit of the liquid leakage sensor is provided in the leaked liquid retention region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki YAMASHIMA, Mikio TSURUOKA, Hiroki KITAMURA
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Publication number: 20190243088Abstract: A lens-group moving apparatus for moving, in an optical system including a plurality of lenses, a lens group including at least one lens among the plurality of lenses includes: a moving lens frame that holds the lens group; a fixed cylinder that holds the moving lens frame movably in an optical axis direction; a moving frame that is movable in the optical axis direction and changes a relative position with respect to the fixed cylinder; a moving structure that causes the moving frame to move in the optical axis direction; an intermediate member that contacts the moving frame and the moving lens frame and that transmits a movement of the moving frame to the moving lens frame; and an urging member that urges the moving lens frame in a direction of the intermediate member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Hiroki Kitamura
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Patent number: 10120157Abstract: A lens unit includes a correction lens that corrects movement of a focus position of an optical system, a holding frame that holds the lens, a stationary tube that movably supports the frame along a direction of an optical axis, a movement guide portion that is provided between the tube and the frame in a radial direction of the tube and limits rotation of the frame in a direction intersecting with a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and guides movement of the frame in the direction of the optical axis, bimetals that are provided between the tube and the frame in the direction of the optical axis and change a distance between the frame and the tube along the direction of the optical axis, and a first biasing means that relatively biases the frame against the tube via the movement guide portion in the radial direction of the tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Kitamura, Atsushi Matsuura, Keisuke Kuryo
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Publication number: 20180206926Abstract: The invention may provide a puncture robot that can precisely move a needle in the puncture direction by setting needle position in a CT gantry. Provided is a puncture robot comprising a puncture unit, puncture robot being configured such that: the puncture unit comprises a puncture needle, an arm unit, a frame unit, and a base unit; the frame unit comprises a first frame and a second frame that are each provided with an advancing and retracting shaft, and a connecting rod; the arm unit comprises an upper arm and a lower arm, with the puncture needle being mounted to be parallel to the advancing and retracting shaft and the upper arm and the lower arm are advanced and retracted along the advancing and retracting shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hiroki KITAMURA, Akira HEYA, Takafumi NAMBA, Tetsushi KAMEGAWA, Takayuki MATSUNO, Takao HIRAKI
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Publication number: 20170363834Abstract: A lens unit includes a correction lens that corrects movement of a focus position of an optical system, a holding frame that holds the lens, a stationary tube that movably supports the frame along a direction of an optical axis, a movement guide portion that is provided between the tube and the frame in a radial direction of the tube and limits rotation of the frame in a direction intersecting with a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and guides movement of the frame in the direction of the optical axis, bimetals that are provided between the tube and the frame in the direction of the optical axis and change a distance between the frame and the tube along the direction of the optical axis, and a first biasing means that relatively biases the frame against the tube via the movement guide portion in the radial direction of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Kitamura, Atsushi Matsuura, Keisuke Kuryo
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Patent number: 9760815Abstract: With this invention, color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing generation of moiré due to the color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. To this end, an image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units C, M, Y, and K (black) which store actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers C, M, Y, and K in image forming units C, M, Y, and K. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units C, M, Y, and K calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components on the basis of the stored color shifting amounts.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsutomu Takada, Hiroki Kitamura, Yoshiyuki Akiba, Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke Yamamoto, Masanao Motoyama, Takeshi Akiyama, Kenzo Tojima, Takaaki Nagaoka
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Patent number: 9620777Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery with a high electrode density and an excellent rate discharge characteristic. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material of a compound represented by Lia(NixCoyAl1-x-y)O2 (0.95?a?1.05, 0.5?x?0.9, 0.05?y?0.2), and carbon adhered to the surface of the material, in the Raman spectrum using a laser of 532 nm, the positive electrode includes a peak PA (D band) at 1200˜1450 cm?1, a peak PB (G band) at 1450˜1700 cm?1 and a peak PC at 400˜600 cm?1, and when the intensities are normalized by regarding the maximum intensity as 1 and the minimum intensity as 0 in the wavenumber domain of 200˜1800 cm?1, Raman intensity of the minimum (V band) between the two peaks of said peak PA and said peak PB is 0.6 or less, and Raman intensity of said peak PC is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Miyabara, Hiroki Kitamura, Yukiko Hirabayashi, Masaki Sobu, Tetsuo Takaishi
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Publication number: 20150131129Abstract: With this invention, color shifting correction is performed first based on shifting amount information indicating a shifting amount with respect to the scanning direction on an image carrier of each image forming unit, and halftone processing is then performed, thus suppressing generation of moiré due to the color shifting correction, and forming a high-quality image. To this end, an image forming engine has color shifting amount storage units C, M, Y, and K (black) which store actual shifting amounts with respect to ideal scan directions on image carriers C, M, Y, and K in image forming units C, M, Y, and K. Color shifting correction amount arithmetic units C, M, Y, and K calculate color shifting correction amounts for respective color components on the basis of the stored color shifting amounts.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Tsutomu Takada, Hiroki Kitamura, Yoshiyuki Akiba, Shuichi Nakamura, Yusuke Yamamoto, Masanao Motoyama, Takeshi Akiyama, Kenzo Tojima, Takaaki Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20150093633Abstract: A lithium ion secondary battery with a high electrode density and an excellent rate discharge characteristic. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material of a compound represented by Lia(NixCoyAl1?x?y)O2 (0.95:?a?1.05, 0.5?x?0.9, 0.05?y?0.2), and carbon adhered to the surface of the material, in the Raman spectrum using a laser of 532 nm, the positive electrode includes a peak PA (D band) at 1200˜1450 cm?1, a peak PB (G band) at 1450˜1700 cm?1 and a peak PC at 400˜600 cm?1, and when the intensities are normalized by regarding the maximum intensity as 1 and the minimum intensity as 0 in the wavenumber domain of 200˜1800 cm?1, Raman intensity of the minimum (V band) between the two peaks of said peak PA and said peak PB is 0.6 or less, and Raman intensity of said peak PC is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki MIYABARA, Hiroki KITAMURA, Yukiko HIRABAYASHI, Masaki SOBU, Tetsuo TAKAISHI