Patents by Inventor Kaoru Inoue

Kaoru Inoue 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: 20240085250
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus that enables a more effective reduction in a load imposed on a user, with the use of force applied to the user in relation to a tangible object. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to estimate, on the basis of a state of a user, a first amount that is predicted by the user with regard to force applied to the user in relation to a tangible object, and control presentation of information to the user on the basis of the first amount and a second amount that is preliminarily registered with regard to the force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo UTSUKI, Tsuyoshi ISHIKAWA, Junki INOUE, Takayuki KURIHARA, Takanobu OMATA, Shin SHIROMA, Kaoru KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20240088352
    Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material for secondary batteries that is capable of inhibiting negative electrode swelling and the decline of the charge/discharge cycle characteristics of a battery. A negative electrode active material for secondary batteries according to the present disclosure is characterized by including a Si-based material, activated carbon, and a conductive material, and in that the Si-based material and the conductive material are carried in pores of the activated carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Motohiro Sakata, Akihiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11913717
    Abstract: A natural gas liquefying apparatus includes: a precooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to precool natural gas; a liquefying unit, which is a treatment unit configured to liquefy the natural gas; a refrigerant cooling unit, which is a treatment unit configured to cool a liquefying refrigerant; a compression unit configured to compress vaporized refrigerants; and a pipe rack including air-cooled coolers arrayed and arranged on an upper surface. The treatment units and the compression unit are separately arranged in a first arrangement region and a second arrangement region arranged opposed to each other across a long side of the pipe rack. The pipe rack interposed between the first and second arrangement regions has a region in which no air-cooled cooler is arranged in order to arrange a plurality of pipes, through which refrigerants are allowed to flow, in a direction of a short side of the pipe rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Yamada, Kaoru Sawayanagi, Tomoharu Inoue, Yuichi Yoshizawa, Masahito Seiwa, Ken Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20240055583
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is provided with a negative electrode core and a negative electrode mixture layer provided on the surface of the negative electrode core. The negative electrode mixture layer has a first layer that includes: at least one of at least one kind of metal element selected from Si, Sn, Sb, Mg, and Ge, and a compound containing said metal element; at least one of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and single-walled carbon nanotubes; and a binding agent. The negative electrode mixture layer also has a second layer that includes graphite A with a particle fracture strength of 10-35 MPa. The porosity of the first layer is preferably 50-65%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Yosuke Sato, Kensuke Nakura, Akihiro Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11811050
    Abstract: A secondary battery module includes a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body, wherein a negative electrode constituting the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative-electrode active material layer, the negative-electrode active material layer includes a first layer, and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and has a higher compression modulus than the first layer, a separator constituting the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery has a lower compression modulus than the first layer, the elastic body has a lower compression modulus than the separator, the graphite particles contained in the first layer have a BET specific surface area of 1 to 2.5 m2/g, and the content of Si particles in the first layer is 6 mass % to 13 mass % relative to the total amount of the negative-electrode active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Hideki Sano, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Hiroki Iguchi
  • Patent number: 11791471
    Abstract: A secondary battery module according to the present embodiment includes a nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery and an elastic body, wherein a negative electrode constituting the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative-electrode current collector and a negative-electrode active material layer, the negative-electrode active material layer includes a first layer formed on the negative-electrode current collector, and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and has a higher compression modulus than the first layer, a separator constituting the nonaqueous-electrolyte secondary battery has a lower compression modulus than the first layer, the elastic body has a lower compression modulus than the separator, a graphite particles contained in the first layer have a BET specific surface area of 1 to 2.5 m2/g, and the first layer 52a contains 0.01 mass % to 0.4 mass % of a carbon nanotube having one to five graphene sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Akihiro Taniguchi, Hideki Sano, Kouhei Tsuzuki, Hiroki Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20230324732
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru INOUE, Hiromichi TANAKA, Takeshi KANEKI
  • Patent number: 11719970
    Abstract: A display device capable of suppressing light leakage is provided. The display device includes a panel, a transparent region provided in a display region of the panel, a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region, a backlight unit, and a bezel. In the frame region, the panel, the backlight unit, and the bezel are adhered by a tape, and the bezel and the tape have a function of blocking visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11719968
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Hiromichi Tanaka, Takeshi Kaneki
  • Patent number: 11431018
    Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes at least a positive electrode active material layer, a porous film, and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer contains at least a graphite-based carbon material and silicon oxide. The porous film is interposed between the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer. The porous film contains at least a ceramic material. The negative electrode active material layer has a first spring constant. The porous film has a second spring constant. A ratio of the second spring constant to the first spring constant is higher than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Torita, Hideaki Fujita, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11424437
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is provided. The negative electrode includes at least a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material includes a first type of silicon oxide particles and a second type of silicon oxide particles. The first type of silicon oxide particles has not been pre-doped with lithium. The second type of silicon oxide particles has been pre-doped with lithium. The first type of silicon oxide particles has a first average particle size. The second type of silicon oxide particles has a second average particle size. The ratio of the second average particle size to the first average particle size is not lower than 1.5 and not higher than 11.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Akira Tsujiko, Kaoru Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220236603
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru INOUE, Hiromichi TANAKA, Takeshi KANEKI
  • Patent number: 11333914
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Hiromichi Tanaka, Takeshi Kaneki
  • Publication number: 20220137447
    Abstract: A display device capable of suppressing light leakage is provided. The display device includes a panel, a transparent region provided in a display region of the panel, a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region, a backlight unit, and a bezel. In the frame region, the panel, the backlight unit, and the bezel are adhered by a tape, and the bezel and the tape have a function of blocking visible light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kaoru INOUE
  • Patent number: 11296314
    Abstract: A negative electrode material contains composite particles. Each of the composite particles contains a negative electrode active material particle and a film. The negative electrode active material particle contains a silicon oxide phase and a lithium silicate phase. The film covers a surface of the negative electrode active material particle. The film contains an anion-exchange resin. To an ion-exchange group of the anion-exchange resin, a fluoride ion is bound. The content of the anion-exchange resin in the negative electrode material is not higher than 33 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Akira Tsujiko, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11226509
    Abstract: Performance of a display apparatus is improved. The display apparatus includes: a substrate having a side surface (first side surface); a backlight unit (light supply portion) having a side surface (second side surface); a flexible wiring board having a wiring electrically connected to a terminal (first terminal) and having an insulating film with flexibility covering the wiring; and a double-sided tape. The flexible wiring board is bonded to the side surface of the backlight unit through the double-sided tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ito, Kaoru Inoue, Hiromichi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210341781
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru INOUE, Hiromichi TANAKA, Takeshi KANEKI
  • Patent number: 11139464
    Abstract: A first silicon oxide material and a second silicon oxide material are prepared. A dispersion is prepared by dispersing the first silicon oxide material in an aqueous carboxymethylcellulose solution. A negative electrode composite material slurry is prepared by dispersing the second silicon oxide material and a binder in the dispersion. A negative electrode is produced by applying the negative electrode composite material slurry to a surface of a negative electrode current collector and then performing drying. The binder includes no carboxymethylcellulose. The first silicon oxide material has not been pre-doped with lithium. The second silicon oxide material has been pre-doped with lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Akira Tsujiko, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11133525
    Abstract: A lithium-ion secondary battery includes at least a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes at least negative electrode active material particles. Each of the negative electrode active material particles contains at least a SiOx particle and a Si layer. The Si layer covers a surface of the SiOx particle. The Si layer has a thickness not smaller than 10 nm and not greater than 100 nm. The electrolyte solution contains at least one selected from the group consisting of FEC and VC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Keisuke Ohara, Akihiro Taniguchi, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 11106066
    Abstract: A display device which is an electro-optical device includes a panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer and having a display region, a transparent region provided inside the display region, and a frame region provided between the transparent region and the display region. A backlight unit is provided below the panel so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A bezel is provided below the backlight unit so as not to overlap with the transparent region. A cover member is provided above the second substrate so as to overlap with the transparent region. Also, a cap film made of a material different from that of the bezel covers at least a lateral side of the backlight unit in the frame region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Inoue, Hiromichi Tanaka, Takeshi Kaneki