Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Higuchi

Hiroyuki Higuchi 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).

  • Patent number: 9806373
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including an alkali metal element, phosphorous, sulfur and halogen as constituent components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Tadanori Junke, Ryo Aburatani, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Masaru Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ota, Yoshikatsu Seino
  • Publication number: 20170222261
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte glass at least including: at least one alkali metal element; a phosphorus (P) element; a sulfur (S) element; and one or more halogen elements selected from I, Cl, Br and F; wherein the solid electrolyte glass has two exothermic peaks that are separated from each other in a temperature range of 150° C. to 350° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (in a dry nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature-elevating speed of 10° C./min from 20 to 600° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAMBARA, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Hiroyuki TAMURA, Masaru NAKAGAWA, Tadanori JUNKE
  • Publication number: 20170194662
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including an alkali metal element, phosphorous, sulfur and halogen as constituent components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takayoshi KAMBARA, Tadanori JUNKE, Ryo ABURATANI, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Masaru NAKAGAWA, Tsuyoshi OTA, Yoshikatsu Seino
  • Patent number: 9673482
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte glass at least including: at least one alkali metal element; a phosphorus (P) element; a sulfur (S) element; and one or more halogen elements selected from I, Cl, Br and F; wherein the solid electrolyte glass has two exothermic peaks that are separated from each other in a temperature range of 150° C. to 350° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (in a dry nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature-elevating speed of 10° C./min from 20 to 600° C.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Hiroyuki Tamura, Masaru Nakagawa, Tadanori Junke
  • Patent number: 9620811
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including an alkali metal element, phosphorous, sulfur and halogen as constituent components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Tadanori Junke, Ryo Aburatani, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Masaru Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ota, Yoshikatsu Seino
  • Patent number: 9620772
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery cathode material includes a composite of sulfur and porous carbon, and glass particles and/or glass ceramic particles that satisfy a composition represented by the following formula (1), LiaMbPcSd??(1) wherein M is B, Zn, Si, Cu, Ga, or Ge, and a to d are the compositional ratio of each element, and satisfy a:b:c:d=1 to 12:0 to 0.2:1:2 to 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Koshika, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20160211942
    Abstract: There is provided a program causing a computer to perform a procedure. The computer includes memory storing segments created by dividing transmission data and encoding information including encoding patterns representing combinations of the segments. The procedure includes generating, for each encoding pattern, an encoded data piece by performing an operation on the combination of the segments corresponding to the encoding pattern, and storing the encoded data piece in the memory; and performing, when part of the segment combination represented by a second pattern, which is an encoding pattern corresponding to targets of the operation, includes the segment combination represented by a first pattern, which is the encoding pattern corresponding to an encoded data piece stored in the memory, the operation using the encoded data piece corresponding to the first pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: HIROAKI KAMEYAMA, Shinichi Sazawa, Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9384860
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array that includes data cells of x bits and redundant cells of y bits for each word; a position-data storage unit that stores, for each word, defective-cell position data of defective cells of the data cells and the redundant cells; and a read circuit that reads data from cells of x bits based on the defective-cell position data stored in the position-data storage unit for a specified word of which address is specified as read address, the cells of x bits being formed by the data cells of x bits and the redundant cells of y bits of the specified word other than the defective cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tomita, Hidetoshi Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9348958
    Abstract: A disclosed method includes: converting, for each sample point, a set of performance item values for a sample point into coordinate values of a mesh element containing the set among plural mesh elements obtained by dividing a space mapped by the performance items; generating a binary decision graph representing a group of the coordinate values of the sample points; calculating the number of sample points including second sample points that dominates a first sample point and the first sample point, by counting the number of paths in the binary decision graph from a root node to a leaf node representing “1” through at least one of certain nodes corresponding to coordinate values that are equal to or less than coordinate values of the first sample point; and calculating a yield of the first sample point by dividing the calculated number by the number of the plural sample points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Higuchi, Yu Liu, Yuzi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 9339205
    Abstract: A waveform analyzer includes a converter which converts a logical function, where a pair of data including a time and a value at the time is variable, created according to data sets of a time and a value of a signal waveform at the time into a second function expressed by a binary decision diagram, an acquisition unit which obtains for each of characteristic points of a reference waveform a condition representative of constraints on a relationship between time information specified by the points and a value corresponding to the time information in the signal waveform according to a value of the reference waveform at the points and a specified tolerance given to a value of the reference waveform, and a searching unit which applies the condition for each of the points to the second function to obtain a time range which meets the entirety of the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Tamiya, Hiroaki Iwashita, Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20160082009
    Abstract: The disclosed pharmaceutical preparation comprises a compound represented by the chemical formula (A) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is dispersed in a matrix consisting of a water-soluble high molecular weight substance; and Crospovidone: The pharmaceutical preparation is excellent in the solubility and the storage stability even if the amount of the compound or the salt included in each individual dosage unit is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventors: SATOSHI ABURATANI, HIROKAZU HAGIO, HIROYUKI HIGUCHI, KENICHI OGAWA
  • Publication number: 20160036054
    Abstract: A composite material including an alkali metal sulfide, a conductive aid having fine pores and a solid electrolyte, wherein the alkali metal sulfide, the conductive aid and the solid electrolyte are aggregated and the half width of a peak of the alkali metal sulfide measured by X-ray diffraction is 1.0° or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuaki YANAGI, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Hiromichi KOSHIKA, Shinichi KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150270571
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte glass at least including: at least one alkali metal element; a phosphorus (P) element; a sulfur (S) element; and one or more halogen elements selected from I, Cl, Br and F; wherein the solid electrolyte glass has two exothermic peaks that are separated from each other in a temperature range of 150° C. to 350° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (in a dry nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature-elevating speed of 10° C./min from 20 to 600° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Hiroyuki Tamura, Masaru Nakagawa, Tadanori Junke
  • Publication number: 20150203646
    Abstract: The method for producing the porous sheet of the present invention includes the steps of (I) preparing a plurality of sheet materials that contain polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon particles and (II) stacking the plurality of sheet materials over one another and rolling the stacked sheet materials. In the method for producing the porous sheet of the present invention, step (I) and step (II) may be repeated alternately. Further, as the sheet materials to be used in the production method of the present invention, a base sheet obtained by forming a mixture containing polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon particles into sheet form also can be used, or a laminated sheet obtained by stacking a plurality of base sheets over one another and rolling them also can be used, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi WANO, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI, Masayoshi KAWABE, Ryoichi MATSUSHIMA, Yoshinori YAMAMOTO, Koichiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20150162614
    Abstract: A positive electrode mix including a solid electrolyte and a sulfur-based active material, wherein the solid electrolyte comprises a Li element or a Na element; a S element; and a halogen element selected from the group consisting of I, Br, Cl and F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Koshika, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Takayoshi Kambara
  • Patent number: 9017817
    Abstract: The method for producing the porous sheet of the present invention includes the steps of (I) preparing a plurality of sheet materials that contain polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon particles and (II) stacking the plurality of sheet materials over one another and rolling the stacked sheet materials. In the method for producing the porous sheet of the present invention, step (I) and step (II) may be repeated alternately. Further, as the sheet materials to be used in the production method of the present invention, a base sheet obtained by forming a mixture containing polytetrafluoroethylene and carbon particles into sheet form also can be used, or a laminated sheet obtained by stacking a plurality of base sheets over one another and rolling them also can be used, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Wano, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Masayoshi Kawabe, Ryoichi Matsushima, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Koichiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20140321222
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory includes a memory cell array that includes data cells of x bits and redundant cells of y bits for each word; a position-data storage unit that stores, for each word, defective-cell position data of defective cells of the data cells and the redundant cells; and a read circuit that reads data from cells of x bits based on the defective-cell position data stored in the position-data storage unit for a specified word of which address is specified as read address, the cells of x bits being formed by the data cells of x bits and the redundant cells of y bits of the specified word other than the defective cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshinori TOMITA, Hidetoshi MATSUOKA, Hiroyuki HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140315103
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including as constituent components, lithium, phosphorous and sulfur; wherein, in the 31P-NMR, the solid electrolyte has a peak (first peak) in a region of 81.0 ppm or more and 88.0 ppm or less, the solid electrolyte does not have a peak in regions other than the region of 81.0 ppm or more and 88.0 ppm or less, or even if it has a peak in other regions than the region of 81.0 ppm or more and 88.0 ppm or less, the peak intensity thereof relative to the first peak is 0.5 or less, and the solid electrolyte has an ionic conductivity of 5×10?4 S/cm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20140302382
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte including an alkali metal element, phosphorous, sulfur and halogen as constituent components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Kambara, Tadanori Junke, Ryo Aburatani, Hiroyuki Higuchi, Masaru Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Ota, Yoshikatsu Seino
  • Patent number: 8713489
    Abstract: A parameter correction method includes: obtaining, from a variability-aware simulation, a simulation result value of a predetermined product performance for a reference candidate value set concerning statistics of predetermined product characteristics; calculating a likelihood by substituting the reference candidate value set, the obtained simulation result value, statistics of measurement values of the predetermined product characteristics and a measurement value of the predetermined product performance into a likelihood function that is defined from a probability density function for the statistics of the predetermined product characteristics and a probability density function for the predetermined product performance, and is a function to calculate a combined likelihood of the statistics of the predetermined product characteristics and the predetermined product performance; and searching for a reference candidate value set in case where the calculated likelihood becomes maximum, by carrying out the obtaini
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Higuchi, Hidetoshi Matsuoka