Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Matsumoto

Hiroyuki Matsumoto 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: 11081266
    Abstract: Soft magnetic alloy powder includes plurality of soft magnetic alloy particles of soft magnetic alloy represented by composition formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c++e+f+g))MaBbPcSidCeSfTig, wherein X1 represents Co and/or Ni; X2 represents at least one selected from group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Cu, Cr, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements; M represents at least one selected from group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Mo, W, and V; 0.020?a?0.14, 0.020<b?0.20, 0<c?0.15, 0?d?0.060, 0?e?0.040, 0?f?0.010, 0?g?0.0010, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50 are satisfied, wherein at least one of f and g is more than 0; and wherein soft magnetic alloy has a nano-heterostructure with initial fine crystals present in an amorphous substance; and surface of each of the soft magnetic alloy particles is covered with a coating portion including a compound of at least one element selected from group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Hosono, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Isao Nakahata, Akito Hasegawa, Hajime Amano
  • Publication number: 20210230720
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy powder has a specific composition in which a Co content is large. A soft magnetic alloy powder has a glass transition point Tg and a melting point Tm, 900° C.?Tm?1200° C. is satisfied, or when coercivity when applying a pressure XP to a soft magnetic alloy powder is set as YH, and a straight line obtained by linearly approximating a relationship between XP and YH by a method of least squares is set as YH=kXP+1, k (unit: Oe/MPa) satisfies 0?k?0.00100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki KAJIURA, Akito HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Hironobu KUMAOKA
  • Publication number: 20210222137
    Abstract: Provided are: a DNA polymerase mutant having reverse transcriptase activity, the DNA polymerase mutant including a sequence consisting of twelve specific amino acids A1-A12, wherein the DNA polymerase mutant having reverse transcriptase activity is characterized in that the A3 and/or A10 amino acid is substituted by a basic amino acid residue different from that prior to the introduction of mutation; a kit and a composition including the DNA polymerase; a method for producing the DNA polymerase; and a method for modifying an existing DNA polymerase having reverse transcriptase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: TAKARA BIO INC.
    Inventors: Takashi UEMORI, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kensuke SAITO, Miwa AKITOMO
  • Patent number: 11069886
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a first film which has lithium ion permeability and which coats at least a portion of the surface of the negative electrode active material layer and partially coats the surface of the negative electrode current collector. The first film preferably contains a first lithium compound containing an element M1, an element A1, and lithium. Herein, M1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, B, V, Nb, W, Ti, Zr, Al, Ba, La, and Ta; and A1 is at least one selected from the group consisting of F, S, O, N, and Br.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawada, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 11054100
    Abstract: An illuminance obtained by light passed through light diffusion type skylight windows is affected by the weather. This is to solve such problems by polarization of lighting devices and control technology in addition to improvements in the quality of skylights themselves, and the advantages of the high natural lighting offered by light diffusion type skylight windows are now being utilized. A set value that is the result of associating a required work surface illuminance for indoors with the work surface illuminance obtained by light passed through light diffusion type skylight windows and the generated power of a photovoltaic power generation panels is set as a reference for a light adjustment signal. In situations such as winter sunsets and rainy weather which are in a range equal to or less than the set value, light adjustment of lighting devices is performed by a signal transmitted from the photovoltaic power generation panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: HIKARIYANE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Shigenaga, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210166711
    Abstract: A recording device records a video and an imaging time, and a voice. Based on the voice, a sound parameter calculator calculates a sound parameter for specifying magnitude of the voice in a monitoring area at the imaging time for each of pixels and for each of certain times. A sound parameter storage unit stores the sound parameter. A sound parameter display controller superimposes a voice heat map on a captured image of the monitoring area and displays the superimposed image on a monitor. At this time, the sound parameter display controller displays the voice heat map based on a cumulative time value of magnitude of the voice, according to designation of a time range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota FUJII, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Hiroaki HAYASHI, Kazunori HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210159001
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy ribbon having high corrosion resistance is obtained. The soft magnetic alloy ribbon contains Fe, P, and Si. A maximum point of a concentration of P and a maximum point of a concentration of Si including in oxides is present in a region within 20 nm from the surface, when a concentration distribution of an element contained in the soft magnetic alloy ribbon is measured from a surface toward an interior of the soft magnetic alloy ribbon in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya TSUKAHARA, Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210156011
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy ribbon having high corrosion resistance and good magnetic properties is obtained. The soft magnetic alloy ribbon contains Fe and M. M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W, Zr, Hf, Mo, Cr, and Ti, and a part of M is included in oxides. A maximum point of a concentration of at least one of M included in the oxides is present in a region within 20 nm from the surface, when a concentration distribution of an element contained in the soft magnetic alloy ribbon is measured from a surface toward an interior of the soft magnetic alloy ribbon in a thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya TSUKAHARA, Isao NAKAHATA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210142072
    Abstract: In a sound source display system, an omnidirectional camera captures an image of a monitoring area. A microphone array collects a voice in the monitoring area. A monitoring monitor displays the image of an imaging area captured by the omnidirectional camera. A sound pressure calculator in a directivity control device calculates a sound pressure indicating a source of a sound in the image of the imaging area using voice data of the voice collected by the microphone array. An output controller in the directivity control device compares the sound pressure and threshold values (first threshold value, second threshold value), and causes sound image information in which the sound pressure is converted into visual information according to the result of comparison, to be displayed on the monitoring monitor so as to be superimposed on the image of the imaging area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Toshimichi Tokuda, Shintaro Yoshikuni
  • Publication number: 20210135277
    Abstract: An aqueous rechargeable battery includes: a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on a surface of the negative electrode current collector; and an aqueous electrolyte solution containing a lithium salt and water. The positive electrode active material layer contains one or more positive electrode active materials and one or more lithium ion-conducting solid electrolytes; and the positive electrode active materials include a lithium transition metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Hojo, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Matsubara, Hiroshi Kawada, Atsushi Fukui
  • Publication number: 20210134513
    Abstract: A magnetic core having a high relative permeability is obtained. The magnetic core contains soft magnetic metal powder particles. In a cross section of the magnetic core, a number ratio of soft magnetic metal powder particles having a circularity of less than 0.50 to a total number of soft magnetic metal powder particles having a particle size of 10 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m is 0.05% or more and 1.50% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro OKUDA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME
  • Patent number: 10991495
    Abstract: A soft magnetic alloy which includes nanocrystal parts and amorphous parts is provided. The nanocrystal parts include ?Fe(—Si) as a main component, and include at least one of elements selected from B, P, C, Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Mo, V, W, Cr, Al, Mn, Zn, and Cu as a sub-component. When a total content ratio of the sub-component in the nanocrystal parts is set as ? (at %), and a total content ratio of the sub-components of the nanocrystal parts included in the amorphous parts is set as ? (at %), 0.01?(?/?)?0.40, and a crystallinity degree is 5% or more and 70% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Hajime Amano, Kensuke Ara, Akihiro Harada
  • Patent number: 10984932
    Abstract: An amorphous soft magnetic alloy of the formula (Fe1-?TM?)100-w-x-y-zPwBxLySiz TipCqMnrCus, wherein TM is Co or Ni; L is Al, Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; 0???0.3, 2?w?18 at %, 2?x?18 at %, 15?w+x?23 at %, 1<y?5 at %, 0?z?4 at %; p, q, r, and s represents an addition ratio such that the total mass of Fe, TM, P, B, L and Si is 100, and 0?p?0.3, 0?q?0.5, 0?r?2, 0?s?1 and r+s>0; the composition fulfills one of the following conditions: L is Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb; or L is a combination of Al and Cr, Zr, Mo or Nb, wherein 0<Al?5 at %, 1?Cr?4 at %, 0<Zr?5 at %, 2?Mo?5 at %, and 2?Nb?5 at %; the alloy has a crystallization start temperature (Tx) which is 550° C. or less, a glass transition temperature (Tg) which is 520° C. or less, and a supercooled liquid region represented by ?Tx=Tx?Tg, which is 20° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: TOKIN CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akiri Urata, Teruhiko Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Yasunobu Yamada, Akihisa Inoue
  • Patent number: 10984623
    Abstract: A gate device disposed between a first space where a person waiting for passing through exists and a second space where a person already passed through exists, the device including: a gate main body disposed along a path through which the person existing in the first space passes when the person moves to the second space; and a shutter for blocking or opening the path. Furthermore, in plan view, a width of a first end portion positioned on a first space side in a short direction is narrower than a width of a second end portion positioned on a second space side in the short direction of the gate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kunieda, Masao Kubota, Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20210098162
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including a Fe-based nanocrystal and metallic glass. A differential scanning calorimetry curve of the soft magnetic alloy has a glass transition point Tg, a temperature rising rate of the soft magnetic alloy in measurement of the differential scanning calorimetry curve is 40 K/minute, and a temperature Tp of a maximum exothermic peak in the differential scanning calorimetry curve is higher than the Tg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu KUMAOKA, Akito HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210098164
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Sz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm. According to another aspect, a soft magnetic metal powder includes a plurality of soft magnetic metal particles containing iron, a surface of each of the soft magnetic metal particles is covered with a coating part, and a maximum height Rz of a surface of the coating part is 10 to 700 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahito KOEDA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210083324
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte solution is provided. The electrolyte solution contains water and one or more lithium salts, and the lithium salts include lithium fluorophosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Matsubara, Nobuhiko Hojo, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Takayuki Nakatsutsumi, Kazuhiro Iida, Atsushi Fukui
  • Patent number: 10943718
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including C. the soft magnetic alloy includes an Fe composite network phase having Fe-rich grids connected in a continuous measurement range including 80000 grids, each of which size is 1 nm×1 nm×1 nm. An average of C content ratio of the Fe-poor grids having cumulative frequency of 90% or more from lower C content is 5.0 times or more to an average of C content ratio of the whole soft magnetic alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yoshidome, Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Horino, Akito Hasegawa, Yu Yonezawa, Syota Goto, Hajime Amano
  • Publication number: 20210063081
    Abstract: A container-contained beverage temperature adjustment apparatus includes a heat transfer member capable of abutting a part of a side surface of a container-contained beverage as an object of temperature adjustment. The apparatus further includes a temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust a temperature of the container-contained beverage through the heat transfer member, which may include a deformable bag body, and heat transfer powder and heat transfer liquid contained in the bag body. The heat transfer liquid is a liquid which freezes at a temperature higher than a target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hideki TACHIBANA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210062308
    Abstract: Provided is a soft magnetic alloy having a composition of a compositional formula (Fe(1?(?+?))X1?X2?)(1?(a+b+c+d+e))PaCbSicCudMe. X1 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Co and Ni, X2 is one or more selected from a group consisting of Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, 0, and rare earth elements, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, W and V. 0.050?a?0.17, 0<b<0.050, 0.030<c?0.10, 0<d?0.020, 0?e?0.030, ??0, ??0, and 0??+??0.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro HARADA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Kenji HORINO, Kazuhiro YOSHIDOME, Akito HASEGAWA, Hajime AMANO, Kensuke ARA, Seigo TOKORO, Masakazu HOSONO, Takuma NAKANO, Satoko MORI