Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Kaneko

Hitoshi Kaneko 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: 20250136828
    Abstract: A composition for ultraviolet light reflection, the composition containing a base material and zirconium oxide particles dispersed in the base material, in which the base material contains a fluororesin, and a particle diameter D50 of the zirconium oxide particles is 10 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shota SOTOKAWA, Takeshi ASAMI, Hitoshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 12188159
    Abstract: A method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials, provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20240237787
    Abstract: A plug and a socket constitute a buckle. The plug includes a plug base and a pair of legs. At least one of the pair of legs includes a first extension extending from the plug base in an insertion direction of the plug, a second extension extending from the first extension in an inward width direction of the plug, an engagement portion provided on the first extension or the second extension to be engageable with a to-be-engaged portion of the socket in a detachment direction of the plug, and an operation portion provided on the second extension. When a force in the detachment direction is applied on the operation portion, the first extension is elastically deformed in the width direction of the plug in such a manner that a position of the engagement portion shifts from an engagement position to a disengagement position with respect to the to-be-engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ito, Yohei Shimizu, Hitoshi Kaneko, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: 11454514
    Abstract: The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body by using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoko Niihara, Masahiro Kato, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11354291
    Abstract: A storage unit (12) stores a hash table that corresponds to a predetermined field of a packet and has a set of a hash value from a value in the corresponding field and a pointer registered, and an ANY point table that corresponds to the predetermined field and has a pointer registered. A search unit (132) refers to a hash value calculated from a value in a field of a packet to be searched and to a pointer registered in the hash table and the ANY point table, to perform hash search for a rule corresponding to the packet to be searched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uchida, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20220074081
    Abstract: A method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials, provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11264616
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition for electrodes, the conductive composition having excellent electrical conductivity and dispersibility. Also provided are: a positive electrode for non-aqueous batteries, the positive electrode using the conductive composition and having low electrode plate resistance and excellent binding properties; and a non-aqueous battery having high energy density, high output characteristics, and high cycle characteristics. The conductive composition for electrodes contains a conductive material, an active material, a binder, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive material contains carbon black and a multi-walled carbon nanotube having a powder resistivity of 0.035 ?·cm or less as measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and a median volumetric diameter D50 value, which is as a measure of dispersibility, in the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Tatsuya Nagai, Yoko Horikoshi, Hitoshi Kaneko, Hiroshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 11208741
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials. The present invention also provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11199850
    Abstract: Provided is an estimation device capable of estimating a current position with a high degree of accuracy. A driving support system includes: a vehicle mounted device 1 that is mounted on a vehicle and performs a control concerning vehicle driving support; a LIDAR 2; a gyroscope sensor 3; and a vehicle speed sensor 4. The vehicle mounted device 1 acquires, from the LIDAR 2, a measurement value ztk indicating a positional relationship between a reference landmark Lk of an index k and the own vehicle. The vehicle mounted device 1 calculates a post estimated value x{circumflex over (?)}t by correcting a prior estimated value x?t estimated, on the basis of the measurement value ztk and a position vector mk of the reference landmark Lk included in a map DB 10, from a moving speed measured by the vehicle speed sensor 4 and an angular rate measured by the gyroscope sensor 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masami Suzuki, Kenji Mito, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11061129
    Abstract: The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoko Niihara, Masahiro Kato, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20210011897
    Abstract: A storage unit (12) stores a hash table that corresponds to a predetermined field of a packet and has a set of a hash value from a value in the corresponding field and a pointer registered, and an ANY point table that corresponds to the predetermined field and has a pointer registered. A search unit (132) refers to a hash value calculated from a value in a field of a packet to be searched and to a pointer registered in the hash table and the ANY point table, to perform hash search for a rule corresponding to the packet to be searched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi UCHIDA, Hitoshi KANEKO
  • Patent number: 10827806
    Abstract: In a cross-section perpendicular to the extending direction of a support part, a first bar has a holding part that holds a belt together with a leading end part and a winding part on which the belt is wound. A third bar is positioned on one side of a virtual line ? connecting a point at the holding part at which the belt is held together with the leading end part of a moving part and a point at the support part of the moving part before being moved. An operating part of the moving part extends from the support part to the other side relative to the virtual line ?, and a biasing part of the moving part generates biasing force in such a direction that the leading end part is moved toward the first bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Madoka Nambu, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10714746
    Abstract: A conductive composition for electrode is provided that is excellent in conductivity and dispersibility. Further, an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics are provided that use this conductive composition. A conductive composition for electrode, including: carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value by volume from 0.1 to 8 pm; an active material; and a binder enables production of an electrode for lithium ion secondary battery with lower plate resistance and a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in rate characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Yoko Horikoshi, Toru Arai, Hitoshi Kaneko, Tatsuya Nagai, Ayumu Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 10629326
    Abstract: By using CNF excellent in dispersibility, conductivity, and crystallinity, a conductive polymer material having high conductivity even with a low CNF content and a shaped article thereof and a conductive polymer material with a less CNF content for same conductivity and a shaped article thereof are provided. A conductive polymer material with high conductivity is produced by using carbon nanofiber with a median diameter D50 value from 0.1 to 8 ?m, powder resistivity of 0.03 ?cm or less measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and D/G from 0.5 to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kaneko, Toru Arai, Yoko Horikoshi, Ayumu Tsukamoto, Akira Miyama
  • Publication number: 20190198879
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive composition for electrodes, the conductive composition having excellent electrical conductivity and dispersibility. Also provided are: a positive electrode for non-aqueous batteries, the positive electrode using the conductive composition and having low electrode plate resistance and excellent binding properties; and a non-aqueous battery having high energy density, high output characteristics, and high cycle characteristics. The conductive composition for electrodes contains a conductive material, an active material, a binder, and a dispersant, wherein the conductive material contains carbon black and a multi-walled carbon nanotube having a powder resistivity of 0.035 ??cm or less as measured under a load of 9.8 MPa, and a median volumetric diameter D50 value, which is as a measure of dispersibility, in the range of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya NAGAI, Yoko HORIKOSHI, Hitoshi KANEKO, Hiroshi YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 10292458
    Abstract: A buckle includes a female part having a housing and an engaging portion provided at an inner surface of the housing, and a male part including a base and an inserted portion to be inserted into the housing of the female part. The inserted portion includes a base end coupled to the base, a free end opposite to the base end, and an engaged portion to be engaged with the engaging portion. When a force is applied to the male part for pulling the male part out of the housing, the engaged portion has a contact surface that is in contact with the engaging portion. Relative to a first center point at the center of the base end in the thickness direction of the inserted portion, a second center point at the center of the contact surface in the thickness direction is positioned downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ito, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20190011282
    Abstract: The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body by using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Ryoko NIIHARA, Masahiro KATO, Hitoshi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20180372858
    Abstract: The distance estimation device acquires distances from a movable body at a first time and a second time to two ground objects, respectively, and acquires a distance between the two ground objects. Then, the distance estimation device calculates a moving distance of the movable body from the first time to the second time based on the acquired results. Thus, the distance estimation device calculates the moving distance of the movable body using arbitrary ground objects measurable from the movable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ryoko NIIHARA, Masahiro KATO, Hitoshi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20180347073
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for a carbon nanofiber composite, which can obtain a carbon nanofiber composite with high productivity and high activity, and which does not require removal of fluidizing materials or dispersing materials. The present invention also provides a carbon nanofiber composite having improved dispersibility. The method for producing the carbon nanofiber composite includes bringing at least one catalyst and at least one particulate carbon material into contact with at least one gas containing at least one gaseous carbon-containing compound while mechanically stirring the catalyst and the particulate carbon material in a reactor. The carbon nanofiber composite includes carbon nanofibers and at least one particulate carbon material, wherein the particulate carbon material has 70% by volume or more of particles with a particle diameter of 1 ?m or less, and/or a median diameter D50 by volume of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Toru Arai, Hitoshi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10087557
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility. A method for producing carbon nanofibers, which uses an activated species mainly composed of cobalt as a catalyst, while using carbon monoxide as a carbon source. The catalyst is obtained by having a carrier, which is composed of an oxide having a specific surface area of 0.01-5 m2/g and containing magnesium, support 3-90% by mass of the activated species. By controlling the reaction temperature, the carbon monoxide partial pressure and the gas flow rate of the carbon monoxide, CNF having more excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility can be produced, thereby obtaining carbon nanofibers having excellent conductivity, crystallinity and dispersibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kaneko, Toru Arai, Yoko Horikoshi, Ayumu Tsukamoto