Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Nakayama

Hiroyuki Nakayama 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: 12043956
    Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather including: a non-woven fabric containing polyester fibers having an average fineness of 0.07 to 0.9 dtex; and an elastic polymer applied in the non-woven fabric, wherein the polyester fibers contain 0.5 to 10 mass % of a dark color pigment, the napped artificial leather has a napped surface on which the polyester fibers on at least one side thereof are napped, and the napped surface has a lightness L* value based on the L*a*b* color system, of ?20, and the napped artificial leather has a peel strength of 3 kg/cm or more, and a grade of color difference, determined using a Grey scale for assessing staining in an evaluation of color migration to a multifiber adjacent fabric (co-woven fabric No. 1; the same applied to the following) during pressurization under heating in a wet state under a load of 4 kPa at 200° C. for 60 seconds, of 4 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimio Nakayama, Hiroyuki Hishida
  • Patent number: 12040509
    Abstract: A sealed battery includes a case, an internal terminal, an external terminal, and an insulating holder. The internal terminal of the sealed battery includes a collector connected to an electrode body, a shaft part exposed outside the case, and a crimping part that is provided in an upper end portion of the shaft part. The crimping part is formed by pressurizing and deforming an upper end portion of the shaft part such that the crimping part extends along an upper surface of the external terminal. Then, the external terminal arranged outside the case is configured so that a linear expansion coefficient on a side of the upper surface and a linear expansion coefficient on a side of a bottom surface in contact with the insulating holder are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakayama, Fumihiko Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20240227398
    Abstract: A printing device includes a head unit that includes a nozzle and that ejects liquid from the nozzle toward a medium; a heating section that heats the medium to which the liquid was applied; and a head unit moving section configured to move the head unit, wherein the head unit includes a gas guiding section that guides air flow generated by the movement of the head unit toward the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro YODA, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240227446
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Junya SUENO
  • Publication number: 20240213514
    Abstract: A power storage module includes a plurality of bipolar electrodes, a positive terminal electrode, a negative terminal electrode, a positive electrode current collector plate, a negative electrode current collector plate, a positive electrode side short circuit member electrically connecting the positive terminal electrode and the positive electrode current collector plate, and a negative electrode side short circuit member electrically connecting the negative terminal electrode and the negative electrode current collector plate. Positive electrode current collector plate has a positive electrode side voltage detection portion, and positive electrode side short circuit member electrically connects positive terminal electrode and positive electrode side voltage detection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Yuki OKAMOTO, Fumihiko ISHIGURO, Takayuki HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20240183364
    Abstract: Provided are: a drainage device with which the timing of drainage can be controlled; and a drainage system equipped with the same. The drainage device is characterized by comprising a siphon mechanism 2 that is provided inside a water tank 1, and is constituted from a siphon pipe 20 and a cylindrical part 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Okihito KOSUGE, Yoshiomi HAMANO
  • Publication number: 20240178472
    Abstract: A secondary battery system of a vehicle includes a battery in which a function is maintained by a differential pressure between an internal pressure and an external atmospheric pressure, and a CPU that controls a temperature of the battery based on information related to an average of external atmospheric pressures of the battery based on a traveling history of the vehicle, and information related to a present external atmospheric pressure of the battery based on a present position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junta TAKASU, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240159825
    Abstract: There is provided an LED chuck comprising: a top plate on which an object to be inspected is mounted; an LED array substrate disposed to face the object to be inspected, and provided with a plurality of LEDs for heating the object to be inspected that is mounted on the top plate; a cooling plate disposed on a back side of the LED array substrate; an LED control substrate disposed on a back side of the cooling plate and controlling the plurality of LEDs; and a base plate disposed to surround the LED control substrate. A surface of the cooling plate facing the LED control substrate and a surface of the base plate facing the LED control substrate are formed of a magnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Tomoki NUKANOBU, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Shigeru KASAI, Yoshiyuki MORIFUJI, Dai KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240131866
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SASAKI, Tsukasa YANO, Rena ONITSUKA, Masaki TERASHIMA, Yusuke SUEYOSHI, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Junya SUENO
  • Publication number: 20240131844
    Abstract: A printing device includes a head unit that includes a nozzle and that ejects liquid from the nozzle toward a medium; a heating section that heats the medium to which the liquid was applied; and a head unit moving section configured to move the head unit, wherein the head unit includes a gas guiding section that guides air flow generated by the movement of the head unit toward the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Tomohiro YODA, Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240125843
    Abstract: A test device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a stage configured to mount a substrate, a first temperature sensor configured to measure a surface temperature of the stage and a temperature of the substrate mounted on the stage, a second temperature sensor for controlling a temperature of the stage, and a controller configured to control the temperature of the stage by offsetting a control temperature of the second temperature sensor based on the surface temperature of the stage and the temperature of the substrate that are measured by the first temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240120627
    Abstract: A power storage device comprises: an electrode stack comprising a plurality of bipolar electrodes and a pair of outermost current collectors; an inner voltage detection terminal; a housing; and a pair of outer voltage detection terminals. Each of the plurality of bipolar electrodes has a current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode active material layer. The inner voltage detection terminal is electrically connected to the current collector. Each of the pair of outer voltage detection terminals is thicker than the inner voltage detection terminal. The housing is located between the pair of outer voltage detection terminals in the stacking direction. A dimension of the housing in the stacking direction is equal to or less than a distance between the pair of outer voltage detection terminals in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Yuki OKAMOTO, Fumihiko ISHIGURO, Takayuki HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11940485
    Abstract: In an inspection apparatus for inspecting an inspection target device formed on an inspection object, the inspection target device is a back-illuminated imaging device into which light is incident from a rear surface opposite to a side of a wiring layer. The inspection apparatus includes a stage having the inspection object placed such that the inspection object faces the rear surface. The stage includes a light transmitter made of a light-transmissive material. The inspection object is placed on the light transmitter below which a light illuminator is disposed. The light illuminator includes a flat light guide plate having a facing surface facing the inspection object. A light source is provided laterally outside the light guide plate configured to diffuse light emitted from the light source incident from a side end surface of the light guide plate, and to emit the light as planar light from the facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Akiyama, Susumu Saito, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Shigeru Kasai
  • Patent number: 11927539
    Abstract: This inspection apparatus is for inspecting an inspection subject device. The inspection subject device is formed on an object to be inspected, and is a reverse-side irradiation-type imaging device into which light enters from the reverse side opposite to the side where a wiring layer is provided. This inspection apparatus has: a placement table having a transparent surface on which the object to be inspected is placed; a light irradiation mechanism that is provided in the placement table and that irradiates the to-be-inspected object placed on the placement table with light through the placement surface; and an acquisition unit that acquires in-plane distribution of illuminance of light from the placement table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Naoki Akiyama, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Susumu Saito
  • Publication number: 20240066922
    Abstract: A tire has an outer diameter smaller than a value obtained by subtracting 4 mm from an outer diameter maximum value of new product dimensions defined by a JATMA standard or an ETRTO standard, and has a total width smaller than a value obtained by subtracting 5 mm from a maximum total width of the new product dimensions. The tire includes an outer surface including a tread surface and a pair of side surfaces. The tread surface includes an equator. Each of the side surfaces includes a maximum width position. In a normal state, a ratio of a length of the shoulder line segment to a length of the reference line segment is 85.9% or more and 89.3% or less, and a ratio of the radius of the center arc to the radius of the middle arc is 1.85 or more and 2.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Miyu OZAWA, Ryuta KITORA, Kohei HAYAMA, Shigeki NISHIJIMA, Masahiro NAGASE
  • Patent number: 11874319
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a stage on which a substrate having an inspection target is placed, a probe card, a light irradiator, and a controller. The probe card has probes that supply a current to the inspection target. The light irradiator irradiates light to heat the substrate. The controller controls the light irradiator to execute uniformly heating the inspection target by the light from the light irradiator, and heating an outer peripheral portion of the inspection target by the light from the light irradiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20240014524
    Abstract: A power storage module comprises an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode plates stacked in a stacking direction, a resin sealing body for sealing an internal space formed between two adjacent electrode plates of the plurality of electrode plates, and a terminal member provided to the electrode assembly so as to protrude from the resin sealing body toward outside, wherein the terminal member is provided with one or more through holes penetrating along the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA, Shintaro YAMAOKA, Kazuhiro NIIMURA, Takayuki HIROSE, Fumihiko ISHIGURO
  • Patent number: 11833803
    Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic molded body includes a layered body, a resin member, unidirectional fiber reinforced resins each constituted from a unidirectional continuous fiber, a matrix resin, and a woven fabric fiber reinforced resin of one or two or more layers, wherein when the layered body is divided into equal halves in its thickness direction, an amount of the resin member present in a region (R1) which is a side from a dividing center line whereon the woven fabric fiber reinforced resin is layered is referred to as Am1, and an amount of the resin member present in a region (R2) which is a side whereon the woven fabric fiber reinforced resin is not layered is referred to as Am2, Am2/Am1 is 2 to 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shiozaki, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Kosuke Shiho
  • Publication number: 20230378590
    Abstract: An electric power storage device includes multiple cells, and multiple spacers, each of the spacers being disposed between cells that are adjacent. Each of the cells includes an outer encasement member accommodating an electrolytic solution inside, and a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion. The first terminal portions and the second terminal portions are disposed arrayed alternating in each of a first protruding direction and a second protruding direction, protruding from the outer encasement member as viewed from above. Each of the spacers includes a first end portion that protrudes further outward than an end portion of the outer encasement member in the first protruding direction, and a second end portion that protrudes further outward than the end portion of the outer encasement member in the second protruding direction, and each of the first end portion and the second end portion is provided with an extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11810800
    Abstract: A substrate support includes a top plate portion having a surface on which a substrate is placed; a light irradiation mechanism including light-emitting elements, disposed to face the substrate and heating the substrate using light from the light-emitting elements; a channel-forming member transmitting the light from the light-emitting elements and is bonded to a rear surface of the top plate portion so as to be interposed between the top plate portion and the light irradiation mechanism, and a temperature adjustment part for adjusting a temperature of the channel-forming member by using light having a wavelength absorbed by a light-transmitting material or the channel-forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakayama