Patents by Inventor Junji Tanabe
Junji Tanabe 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).
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Patent number: 9701259Abstract: The present invention is a garnish that is specially designed to cover the hinge arm connecting a vehicle truck lid to the vehicle. The cover includes an inside surface, a first end and a second end. The cover further includes a rib and a flange portion. The rib is located along the inside surface of the cover at the first end. Opposite the rib, the flange portion extends generally orthogonally from the first end of the cover. The rib and flange portion help to secure the garnish and increase its effectiveness at covering other components of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Que-Whang Rhee, David Mulawka
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Patent number: 9435151Abstract: A cover assembly for attaching to a vehicle hinge arm including an elongate body and including one or more clips supported upon an inner facing surface which are adapted to engage the hinge arm. A two piece structure formed upon the inner surface of the body includes a first component integrally formed with or otherwise secured upon the body and a second component affixed upon the first component and configured to receive a mounting location of the clip.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Junji Tanabe
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Patent number: 9424999Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device that includes a work electrode, an opposed electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound that has a methine chain, an indolenine skeleton bonded with both ends of the methine chain, and anchor groups introduced to a nitrogen atom included in the indolenine skeleton. Electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved, and the dye is hardly exfoliated from the metal oxide semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
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Patent number: 9425482Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains Li, P, and Bi. An electrochemical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, P, and Bi.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Tokuhiko Handa
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Publication number: 20150211274Abstract: A cover assembly for attaching to a vehicle hinge arm including an elongate body and including one or more clips supported upon an inner facing surface which are adapted to engage the hinge arm. A two piece structure formed upon the inner surface of the body includes a first component integrally formed with or otherwise secured upon the body and a second component affixed upon the first component and configured to receive a mounting location of the clip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Junji Tanabe
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Publication number: 20150183382Abstract: The present invention is a garnish that is specially designed to cover the hinge arm connecting a vehicle truck lid to the vehicle. The cover includes an inside surface, a first end and a second end. The cover further includes a rib and a flange portion. The rib is located along the inside surface of the cover at the first end. Opposite the rib, the flange portion extends generally orthogonally from the first end of the cover. The rib and flange portion help to secure the garnish and increase its effectiveness at covering other components of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Que-Whang Rhee, David Mulawka
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Patent number: 9040722Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device described herein includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer. The dye includes a structure represented by general formula (I) wherein A is a structure having a maximum absorption wavelength ?max of 350 to 500 nm in a methanol solution; B is a cyanine skeleton having a maximum absorption wavelength ?max of 500 to 700 nm in a methanol solution; Z1 is any one divalent linking group selected from —CONR—, —NRCO—, —SO2NR—, and —NRSO2—; R in Z1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms; Y1 and Y2 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a single bond, and may be the same or different; r is 1 or 2; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 2; and (m+n) is 1 or more.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Tatsuya Ishida, Toru Yano
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Publication number: 20150027542Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device that includes a work electrode, an opposed electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound that has a methine chain, an indolenine skeleton bonded with both ends of the methine chain, and anchor groups introduced to a nitrogen atom included in the indolenine skeleton. Electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved, and the dye is hardly exfoliated from the metal oxide semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junji TANABE, Atsushi MONDEN, Masahiro SHINKAI, Mitsuhiro OKADA, Toru YANO, Yohei AOYAMA, Yusuke KUBOTA
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Patent number: 8912344Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a work electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound. The cyanine compound has heterocyclic skeletons containing indolenine skeletons bonded with both ends of a methine chain, an anchor group introduced to a nitrogen atom contained in the indolenine skeletons, and a phenanthrene skeleton contained in one of the heterocyclic skeletons. In the case where light enters the dye, electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Toru Yano, Yukiko Mae, Yohei Aoyama
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Patent number: 8884029Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a work electrode, an opposed electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound that has a methine chain, an indolenine skeleton bonded with both ends of the methine chain, and anchor groups introduced to a nitrogen atom included in the indolenine skeleton. Electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved, and the dye is hardly exfoliated from the metal oxide semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
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Patent number: 8835651Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer, a compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): is used as the dye. wherein R1 to R4 are each independently a linear alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be the same or different; A1 and A2 are each any one selected from the following aromatic ring group A (a pyrrole ring in the formula (1) is represented by an arc a to show a condensation position with the pyrrole ring), may be the same or different, and may have a substituent in an aromatic ring; Anp- is a p-valent anion; p is 1 or 2; and q is a coefficient for keeping a charge of the entire dye neutral.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Toru Yano
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Publication number: 20140227608Abstract: A sulfide solid electrolyte material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure contains Li, P, and Bi. An electrochemical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, P, and Bi.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji TANABE, Tokuhiko HANDA
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Publication number: 20130186468Abstract: The photoelectric conversion device described herein includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer. The dye includes a structure represented by general formula (I) wherein A is a structure having a maximum absorption wavelength ?max of 350 to 500 nm in a methanol solution; B is a cyanine skeleton having a maximum absorption wavelength ?max of 500 to 700 nm in a methanol solution; Z1 is any one divalent linking group selected from —CONR—, —NRCO—, —SO2NR—, and —NRSO2—; R in Z1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an arylalkyl group having 7 to 20 carbon atoms; Y1 and Y2 are each independently an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or a single bond, and may be the same or different; r is 1 or 2; m and n are each independently an integer of 0 to 2; and (m+n) is 1 or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Tatsuya Ishida, Toru Yano
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Publication number: 20120305074Abstract: A photoelectric conversion element includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer, a compound having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): is used as the dye. wherein R1 to R4 are each independently a linear alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and may be the same or different; A1 and A2 are each any one selected from the following aromatic ring group A (a pyrrole ring in the formula (1) is represented by an arc a to show a condensation position with the pyrrole ring), may be the same or different, and may have a substituent in an aromatic ring; Anp- is a p-valent anion; p is 1 or 2; and q is a coefficient for keeping a charge of the entire dye neutral.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Toru Yano
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Publication number: 20110253218Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a work electrode, a counter electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound. The cyanine compound has heterocyclic skeletons containing indolenine skeletons bonded with both ends of a methine chain, an anchor group introduced to a nitrogen atom contained in the indolenine skeletons, and a phenanthrene skeleton contained in one of the heterocyclic skeletons. In the case where light enters the dye, electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Toru Yano, Yukiko Mae, Yohei Aoyama
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Publication number: 20110155249Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device capable of improving conversion efficiency is provided. The photoelectric conversion device includes a work electrode, an opposed electrode, and an electrolyte-containing layer. In the work electrode, a metal oxide semiconductor layer supporting a dye is provided. The dye contains a cyanine compound that has a methine chain, an indolenine skeleton bonded with both ends of the methine chain, and anchor groups introduced to a nitrogen atom included in the indolenine skeleton. Electron injection efficiency to the metal oxide semiconductor layer is improved, and the dye is hardly exfoliated from the metal oxide semiconductor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicants: TDK CORPORATION, ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
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Patent number: 7943849Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving a conversion efficiency. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device including a working electrode and a facing electrode, and an electrolyte inclusion, a dye is carried on a metal-oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode. The dye includes cyanine dye having a benzyl group and an indolenine skeleton. Therefore, crystallization of the dye on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor layer is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Tokuhiko Handa
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Publication number: 20090320918Abstract: The present invention provides a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving durability without using particular material. The photoelectric conversion device includes a working electrode in which dye is carried by a metal oxide semiconductor layer and a facing electrode having a conductive layer, and a semi-solid electrolyte containing layer supported between the working electrode and the facing electrode. The electrolyte containing layer contains an electrolyte solution in which a solid electrolyte salt is dissolved in an organic solvent, and a particle. Thereby, liquid leakage or the like hardly occurs even under a high-temperature environment in comparison with the case where the electrolyte containing layer does not contain a particle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2009Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Tsuchiya, Tokuhiko Handa, Atsushi Monden, Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Shinkai
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Publication number: 20080236663Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device capable of improving a conversion efficiency. In a dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion device including a working electrode and a facing electrode, and an electrolyte inclusion, a dye is carried on a metal-oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode. The dye includes cyanine dye having a benzyl group and an indolenine skeleton. Therefore, crystallization of the dye on the surface of the metal-oxide semiconductor layer is suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Tokuhiko Handa
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Publication number: 20080078438Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion device having a simple structure including a plurality of end-face incident type photoelectric conversion cells. A plurality of dye-sensitized unit cells are disposed on folded faces of the metal sheet that is in a folded form. In these unit cells, a light which comes from a lateral end face of a stacked structure of each unit cell is photoelectrically converted. The manufacturing process of a soar cell is simplified in comparison with the case that a plurality of end-face incident type photoelectric conversion cells are merely placed in a plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Shinkai, Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden