Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Nishiyama

Hiroshi Nishiyama 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: 20240109665
    Abstract: To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing. To provide an electric aircraft and an aerodynamic performance control method therefor that are capable of optimizing aerodynamic performance of a wing in each flight phase or an emergency such as gust action without depending on the shape of a wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Mari NISHIYAMA, Akira NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230071774
    Abstract: A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an anode active material with excellent capacity properties. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an anode active material to be used in an alkaline storage battery, the anode active material including: a base material containing Ti and Cr, and including a BCC structure as a metastable phase; and a coating layer that coats the base material, and contains a catalyst metal and a metal with oxygen affinity that is more than oxygen affinity of Ti; wherein an oxide film is present in an interface between the coating layer and the base material; and when a first thickness TA (nm) and a second thickness TB(nm) of the oxide film are determined by Auger electron spectroscopy, a rate of the TA with respect to the TB, which is TA/TB is, for example, 1.50 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makio KON, Hideki IBA, Yukinari KOTANI, Naotaka SAWADA, Tomoya MATSUNAGA, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA, Hiroshi SUYAMA, Masashi KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20220090278
    Abstract: A method foe producing a transparent electrode for oxygen production having a Ta nitride layer on a transparent substrate, including: a step of forming a Ta nitride precursor layer on the transparent substrate; and a step of nitriding the Ta nitride precursor layer with a mixed gas containing ammonia and a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PROCESS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIYAMA, Tomohiro HIGASHI, Yutaka SASAKI, Taro YAMADA, Kazunari DOMEN, Yohichi SUZUKI, Seiji AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 11248304
    Abstract: A method for producing a transparent electrode for oxygen production having a Ta nitride layer on a transparent substrate, including: a step of forming a Ta nitride precursor layer on the transparent substrate; and a step of nitriding the Ta nitride precursor layer with a mixed gas containing ammonia and a carrier gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PROCESS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishiyama, Tomohiro Higashi, Yutaka Sasaki, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen, Yohichi Suzuki, Seiji Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20210408535
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage alloy suitable for a negative electrode of an on-board alkaline storage battery, and an alkaline storage battery using the alloy, which has an AB3-type crystal structure as a main phase, represented by: (SmxLayRz)1?a?bMgaTbNicCodMe. (R is selected from Pr, Nd; T is selected from Ti, Zr, Hf; M is selected from V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Cu, Al, Si, P, B; the following conditions are met: 0<x<1.0, 0<y<1.0, 0.8?x+y?1.0, x+y+z=1.0; 0.93?(x?y)ยท(1?a?b)+4.5(a+b)?1.62, 0<a?0.45, 0?b?0.05, 0?d?0.7, 0?e?0.15, 2.85?c+d+e?3.15 and 0.01?d+e).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: JAPAN METALS AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao SAWA, Saki NOTOYAMA, Naoyoshi TERASHITA, Katsuyuki KUDO, Makio KON, Masashi KODAMA, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10971728
    Abstract: Decomposition of an aqueous electrolyte solution when an aqueous lithium ion secondary battery is charged and discharged is suppressed, and the operating voltage of the battery is improved. The aqueous lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode, a cathode, and an aqueous electrolyte solution, the anode including a composite of an anode active material and polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein peaks of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 1150 cm?1 and at around 1210 cm?1 are observed in FT-IR measurement of the composite, but a peak of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 729 cm?1 is not observed in Raman spectroscopy measurement of the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Tojigamori, Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20200313243
    Abstract: Provided is a method capable of manufacturing a highly durable nickel-zinc battery in which a short circuit due to a dendrite is prevented. The method of manufacturing a nickel-zinc battery disclosed herein includes the steps of: preparing a laminated body of a positive electrode, a porous negative electrode current collector, and a separator; accommodating the laminated body in a battery case with an electrolyte solution including zinc oxide dissolved therein to fabricate a battery assembly; and subjecting the battery assembly to charging and discharging. The charging and discharging causes a negative electrode active material to be precipitated, thereby supplying the negative electrode active material in the negative electrode current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200295374
    Abstract: Decomposition of an aqueous electrolyte solution when an aqueous lithium ion secondary battery is charged and discharged is suppressed, and the operating voltage of the battery is improved. The aqueous lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode, a cathode, and an aqueous electrolyte solution, the anode including a composite of an anode active material and polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein peaks of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 1150 cm?1 and at around 1210 cm?1 are observed in FT-IR measurement of the composite, but a peak of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 729 cm?1 is not observed in Raman spectroscopy measurement of the composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi TOJIGAMORI, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10741844
    Abstract: Decomposition of an aqueous electrolyte solution when an aqueous lithium ion secondary battery is charged and discharged is suppressed, and the operating voltage of the battery is improved. The aqueous lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode, a cathode, and an aqueous electrolyte solution, the anode including a composite of an anode active material and polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein peaks of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 1150 cm?1 and at around 1210 cm?1 are observed in FT-IR measurement of the composite, but a peak of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 729 cm?1 is not observed in Raman spectroscopy measurement of the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Tojigamori, Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20200173044
    Abstract: A method for producing a transparent electrode for oxygen production having a Ta nitride layer on a transparent substrate, including: a step of forming a Ta nitride precursor layer on the transparent substrate; and a step of nitriding the Ta nitride precursor layer with a mixed gas containing ammonia and a carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHEMICAL PROCESS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIYAMA, Tomohiro HIGASHI, Yutaka SASAKI, Taro YAMADA, Kazunari DOMEN, Yohichi SUZUKI, Seiji AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190323134
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation having excellent photocurrent density, a production method for a photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation and a module, and the photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation of the present invention includes a current collector layer and a photocatalyst layer containing Ta3N5, wherein the photocatalyst electrode for oxygen generation has a charge separation promotion layer between the current collector layer and the photocatalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process, THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Yusuke ASAKURA, Kazunari DOMEN, Taro YAMADA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190088948
    Abstract: Decomposition of an aqueous electrolyte solution when an aqueous lithium ion secondary battery is charged and discharged is suppressed, and the operating voltage of the battery is improved. The aqueous lithium ion secondary battery includes an anode, a cathode, and an aqueous electrolyte solution, the anode including a composite of an anode active material and polytetrafluoroethylene, wherein peaks of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 1150 cm?1 and at around 1210 cm?1 are observed in FT-IR measurement of the composite, but a peak of the polytetrafluoroethylene at around 729 cm?1 is not observed in Raman spectroscopy measurement of the composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi TOJIGAMORI, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10008147
    Abstract: A moving image display apparatus includes a display unit which sequentially displays an image pattern in the form of a moving image on a display screen, a storage unit which stores area sectional information and display format information, the area sectional information defines predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern among a plurality of divided areas into which the display screen is divided, and the display format information defines display formats of the divided areas defined by the area sectional information in a time sequential manner, and a display control unit which controls to display the predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern in accordance with the display formats defined by the display format information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagahashi, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomotake Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20170132961
    Abstract: A moving image display apparatus includes a display unit which sequentially displays an image pattern in the form of a moving image on a display screen, a storage unit which stores area sectional information and display format information, the area sectional information defines predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern among a plurality of divided areas into which the display screen is divided, and the display format information defines display formats of the divided areas defined by the area sectional information in a time sequential manner, and a display control unit which controls to display the predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern in accordance with the display formats defined by the display format information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi NAGAHASHI, Akihiro YOSHIDA, Tomotake WAKATSUKI, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9601045
    Abstract: A moving image display apparatus includes a display unit which sequentially displays an image pattern in the form of a moving image on a display screen, a storage unit which stores area sectional information and display format information, the area sectional information defines predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern among a plurality of divided areas into which the display screen is divided, and the display format information defines display formats of the divided areas defined by the area sectional information in a time sequential manner, and a display control unit which controls to display the predetermined divided areas corresponding to the image pattern in accordance with the display formats defined by the display format information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nagahashi, Akihiro Yoshida, Tomotake Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9350957
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9201177
    Abstract: Provided is a safety confirmation mirror whereby a blind spot near a corner of a passageway can be easily seen more clearly. The safety confirmation mirror includes, as a reflective surface (2), a portion of a Fresnel mirror (3) offset to one side of the widthwise center (C1). Accordingly, when the safety confirmation mirror is installed on a wall surface of a passageway at a T-shaped, L-shaped, or cross intersection, the reflective surface 2 reflects the blind spot of a passageway in one direction that a person is going to turn, and the person can see the conditions thereof. Moreover, the reflective surface 2 does not reflect the conditions in the unnecessary direction. Accordingly, the person looking at the safety confirmation mirror (1) is not confused by the unnecessary image and can easily see the blind spot near the corner of the passageway more clearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: KOMY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sakae Komiyama, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Katsumi Machida, Hisanaga Takeda, Yoshiyuki Iwata
  • Publication number: 20150319332
    Abstract: The present invention monitors images stored in a cloud storage and displays, in a list form distinctively, images stored only locally; images stored only in the cloud storage; the images that are stored in the cloud storage, that correspond to the images stored locally, and that are updated; and the images that are stored in the cloud storage, that correspond to the images stored locally, and that are not updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuya MIYASHITA, Hiroshi NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150097966
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 8901541
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating layer provided on the semiconductor substrate, an electrode provided on the insulating layer, a photoelectric conversion film provided on the electrode for converting received light to charges, a line connected between the electrode and the semiconductor substrate, a first planar electrode provided in the insulating layer and connected to the electrode, and a second planar electrode provided in the insulating layer between the first planar electrode and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nishiyama, Takashi Esumi