Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Mukai

Hiroshi Mukai 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: 20240153203
    Abstract: Generating a three-dimensional image of a vortex vein based on OCT volume data. An image processing method is performed by a processor and includes a step of acquiring OCT volume data including a choroid, and a step of extracting choroidal vessels based on the OCT volume data and generating a three-dimensional image of the choroidal vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi TANABE, Hiroshi KASAI, Mariko MUKAI, Yuanting JI
  • Patent number: 11967641
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, first to third nitride regions, and first and second insulating films. The first nitride region includes Alx1Ga1?x1N, and includes first and second partial regions, a third partial region between the first and second partial regions, a fourth partial region between the first and third partial regions, and a fifth partial region between the third and second partial regions. The first nitride region includes first to fifth partial regions. The second nitride region includes Alx2Ga1?x2N, and sixth and seventh partial regions. At least a portion of the third electrode is between the sixth and seventh partial regions. The first insulating film includes silicon and oxygen and includes first and second insulating regions. The third nitride region includes Alx3Ga1?x3N, and first to seventh portions. The second insulating film includes silicon and oxygen and includes third to seventh insulating regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daimotsu Kato, Yosuke Kajiwara, Akira Mukai, Aya Shindome, Hiroshi Ono, Masahiko Kuraguchi
  • Patent number: 11509015
    Abstract: An energy storage module according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of energy storage devices each including a case; a glass paper sheet provided between the energy storage devices, brought into contact with the case, and mainly composed of a glass fiber; and a holding member holding the plurality of energy storage devices and the glass paper sheet, wherein the glass paper sheet is compressed between the energy storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ishida, Hiroshi Mukai, Kazuya Okabe, Koichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20220149384
    Abstract: Disclosed is a current collector including: a conductive layer serving as an underlayer of an active material layer; and a conductive substrate, in which the conductive layer includes a conductive material, an inorganic oxide, a binder, and an inorganic compound thermally decomposed at 100° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Masatoshi UMEMURA, Asuka YAMANOI, Hiroshi MUKAI, Koji SUKINO
  • Publication number: 20200400112
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection valve that realizes atomization while suppressing spread of a spray. A fuel injection valve includes: a valve body and a valve seat that cooperate to open and close a fuel passage; a swirl imparting chamber that is arranged on a downstream side of an opening and closing portion of the fuel passage by the valve body and the valve seat, and imparts a swirling velocity to fuel; a communication passage arranged on an upstream side of the swirl imparting chamber and connected to the swirl imparting chamber; and fuel injection holes and that are open at a bottom surface of the swirl imparting chamber and injects fuel imparted with the swirling velocity in a swirl passage to an outside, the fuel injection holes and configured such that cross-sectional areas of the fuel injection holes and increase from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi MUKAI, Mitsuhiro MATSUZAWA, Akihiro YAMAZAKI, Masaki NAGAOKA, Takahiro SAITO, Eiji ISHII, Taisuke SUGII, Kazuki YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200274149
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is an electrode for an energy storage device including a conductive substrate, an intermediate layer, and an active material layer in this order. In this electrode, the intermediate layer includes a conductive agent, an inorganic oxide, and a binder, and the content of the inorganic oxide in the intermediate layer is 30% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kohei TSUJITA, Yuta OHSUGI, Morito TANABE, Hiroshi MUKAI, Yukihiro WATARU, Toru TABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200235358
    Abstract: An energy storage module according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a plurality of energy storage devices each including a case; a glass paper sheet provided between the energy storage devices, brought into contact with the case, and mainly composed of a glass fiber; and a holding member holding the plurality of energy storage devices and the glass paper sheet, wherein the glass paper sheet is compressed between the energy storage devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ISHIDA, Hiroshi MUKAI, Kazuya OKABE, Koichi NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190105902
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition containing the inorganic pigment from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member and the nozzle surface relative to each other. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. The absorbing member contains an impregnation liquid having a surface tension of 45 mN/m or less during the cleaning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Akira MIZUTANI, Hiroshi MUKAI, Hiroki NAKANE, Toshihiro SHINBARA, Keiji MATSUMOTO, Masako FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 10189260
    Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head having a plurality of nozzles through which an ink composition containing an inorganic pigment is ejected, a nozzle surface having nozzle orifices, and a liquid-repellent film disposed on the nozzle surface; an absorbing member that absorbs the ink composition containing the inorganic pigment from the nozzle orifices and the nozzle surface; and an actuating mechanism including a pressing member that presses the absorbing member and the nozzle surface relative to each other. The actuating mechanism moves at least one of the absorbing member and the recording head relative to the other to perform a cleaning operation in which the ink composition is removed from the nozzle surface with the absorbing member. The absorbing member contains an impregnation liquid having a surface tension of 45 mN/m or less during the cleaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Mizutani, Hiroshi Mukai, Hiroki Nakane, Toshihiro Shinbara, Keiji Matsumoto, Masako Fukuda
  • Patent number: 10059851
    Abstract: An ink composition that performs recording by being attached on a heated non-absorbent recording medium or a heated low absorbency recording medium, the ink composition including a pigment; a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, and polymer particles in which the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 10° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, and in which the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, and the content of the polymer particles is 3.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Patent number: 9994724
    Abstract: An ink composition that performs recording by being attached on a heated non-absorbent recording medium or a heated low absorbency recording medium, the ink composition including a pigment; a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, and polymer particles in which the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 10° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, and in which the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, and the content of the polymer particles is 3.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Patent number: 9945360
    Abstract: To provide a radial piston pump capable of displacement control without using an electronic control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukai, Norihito Kobata
  • Patent number: 9713921
    Abstract: An ink composition includes a color material, water, and polymer particles, in which the polymer particle has a core-shell structure having a core polymer and a shell polymer, a glass transition temperature of the core polymer is 30° C. or higher, a glass transition temperature of the shell polymer is 50° C. or higher, the glass transition temperature of the shell polymer is more than 10° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the core polymer, and the core polymer includes an aromatic monomer as a constituent unit and does not substantially include an alkyl polyol having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Mizutani, Takayoshi Kagata, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Patent number: 9657187
    Abstract: An ink composition includes a pigment; polymer particles; and a polar solvent with a boiling point of 150° C. or higher, in which the polymer particles include a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, a glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 30° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, the content (solid content conversion) of the polymer particles is 1.0 mass % to 10 mass % with respect to the total amount of the ink composition, and the content of the polar solvent is 10 mass % to 40 mass % of the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Publication number: 20170044387
    Abstract: An ink composition that performs recording by being attached on a heated non-absorbent recording medium or a heated low absorbency recording medium, the ink composition including a pigment; a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, and polymer particles in which the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 10° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, and in which the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, and the content of the polymer particles is 3.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Masahiro YATAKE, Hiroshi MUKAI
  • Publication number: 20170044386
    Abstract: An ink composition that performs recording by being attached on a heated non-absorbent recording medium or a heated low absorbency recording medium, the ink composition including a pigment; a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, and polymer particles in which the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 10° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, and in which the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, and the content of the polymer particles is 3.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAGATA, Masahiro YATAKE, Hiroshi MUKAI
  • Patent number: 9512326
    Abstract: There is provided an ink jet ink composition, which is used in a recording method including ejecting the ink jet ink composition from a recording head of head temperature C (unit: ° C.) onto a recording medium to adhere the ink jet ink composition thereonto and drying the recording medium, on which the ink jet ink composition is adhered, at drying temperature D (unit: ° C.), including water; and a polymer particle, in which the polymer particle has a core polymer containing a polymer of glass transition temperature A (unit: ° C.) and a shell polymer containing a polymer of glass transition temperature B (unit: ° C.) and formed on the surface of the core polymer, and in which the A, B, C, and D satisfy predetermined relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Kitada, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai, Takayoshi Kagata
  • Patent number: 9505940
    Abstract: An ink composition that performs recording by being attached on a heated non-absorbent recording medium or a heated low absorbency recording medium, the ink composition including a pigment; a core polymer and a shell polymer that covers at least a portion of the core polymer, and polymer particles in which the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the core polymer is more than 10° C. lower than the glass transition point of the polymer that configures the shell polymer, and in which the polymer that configures the shell polymer includes a polymer having a (meth)acrylate monomer unit and a carboxylic acid monomer unit, and the content of the polymer particles is 3.0 mass % or more with respect to the total amount of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kagata, Masahiro Yatake, Hiroshi Mukai
  • Patent number: 9447296
    Abstract: An ink set includes a recording ink and a displacement ink. The recording ink contains a pigment, a resin, water, and a first surfactant and is substantially free of alkyl polyols with a normal boiling point of 280° C. or more. The displacement ink contains water, a second surfactant, an aprotic polar solvent, and an alkyl polyol with a normal boiling point of 280° C. or more. Each of the first surfactant and the second surfactant includes a silicone surfactant and/or a fluorosurfactant. The resin includes a water-soluble resin and/or a resin emulsion. The recording ink has a higher surface tension than that of the displacement ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukai, Akira Mizutani, Toshihiro Shinbara, Hironori Sato
  • Patent number: RE49962
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first and second regions, a first insulating portion, and first, second, and third electrodes. The first region includes first and second partial regions, and a third partial region between the first and second partial regions. The second region includes fourth and fifth partial regions. The fourth partial region overlaps the first partial region. The fifth partial region overlaps the second partial region. The first insulating portion includes first, second, and third insulating regions. The first insulating region is provided between the second insulating region and the third partial region and between the third insulating region and the third partial region. The first electrode is electrically connected to the fourth partial region. The second electrode is away from the first electrode and is electrically connected to the fifth partial region. The third electrode is provided between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Kuraguchi, Yosuke Kajiwara, Aya Shindome, Hiroshi Ono, Daimotsu Kato, Akira Mukai