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).

  • Patent number: 9701259
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Que-Whang Rhee, David Mulawka
  • Patent number: 9435151
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Junji Tanabe
  • Patent number: 9424999
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 9425482
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Tokuhiko Handa
  • Publication number: 20150211274
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Junji Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20150183382
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Que-Whang Rhee, David Mulawka
  • Patent number: 9040722
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Tatsuya Ishida, Toru Yano
  • Publication number: 20150027542
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TANABE, Atsushi MONDEN, Masahiro SHINKAI, Mitsuhiro OKADA, Toru YANO, Yohei AOYAMA, Yusuke KUBOTA
  • Patent number: 8912344
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Toru Yano, Yukiko Mae, Yohei Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8884029
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 8835651
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Toru Yano
  • Publication number: 20140227608
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji TANABE, Tokuhiko HANDA
  • Publication number: 20130186468
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Tatsuya Ishida, Toru Yano
  • Publication number: 20120305074
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Yohei Aoyama, Kensaku Akimoto, Toru Yano
  • Publication number: 20110253218
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicants: ADEKA CORPORATION, TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Toru Yano, Yukiko Mae, Yohei Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110155249
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: TDK CORPORATION, ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Mitsuhiro Okada, Toru Yano, Yohei Aoyama, Yusuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 7943849
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: TDK Corporation
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Tokuhiko Handa
  • Publication number: 20090320918
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Tsuchiya, Tokuhiko Handa, Atsushi Monden, Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Shinkai
  • Publication number: 20080236663
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden, Masahiro Shinkai, Tokuhiko Handa
  • Publication number: 20080078438
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Shinkai, Junji Tanabe, Masahiro Tsuchiya, Hidenori Shinohara, Atsushi Monden