Patents by Inventor Katsuya Ito

Katsuya Ito 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: 11941549
    Abstract: The management device of an autonomous driving vehicle includes a congestion rate calculation unit and a waiting place setting unit. The congestion rate calculation unit is able to calculate the congestion rate of a parking lot adjoining each of a plurality of commercial facilities. In a case where the congestion rate of a neighbor parking lot, or a parking lot in the neighborhood of a boarding place contained in reservation information for an autonomous driving vehicle reserved for dispatch, during a waiting time period before the scheduled boarding time, is less than a congestion threshold, the waiting place setting unit sets the neighbor parking lot as a waiting place for the autonomous driving vehicle to wait during the waiting time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Patent number: 11934226
    Abstract: Provided is a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability and unlikely to have image distortion at the folding portion of the display after repeated folding, as well as a mobile device equipped therewith. The foldable display contains a surface protection film and a polarizer. The surface protection film is composed of a polyester film, and the angle made by the slow axis of the polyester film with the absorption axis of the polarizer is 10 to 80°. The polyester film has a refractive index in the bending direction of 1.590 to 1.620, a refractive index in the direction of a folding portion of 1.670 to 1.700, a refractive index in the thickness direction of 1.520 or less, and a density of 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the folding portion of the polyester film to be folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro Nishio, Kiwamu Kawai, Akira Shimizu, Katsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11912308
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle allows passengers to transfer from a passenger vehicle, which is a relatively large vehicle, to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit (steering control unit) configured to, when the passenger vehicle is stopped, cause the autonomous vehicle to pull up alongside the passenger vehicle such that an entrance (second entrance) of the autonomous vehicle is placed next to an entrance (first entrance) of the passenger vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Sakurada, Katsuya Hoshi, Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masahisa Sawada, Hiroyuki Ito, Makoto Segi, Hiroki Hattori
  • Publication number: 20230361391
    Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery in which corrosion of an exterior body is stably suppressed. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an exterior body having a bottomed cylindrical shape and having a grooving portion in an opening portion; an electrode body and a non-aqueous electrolyte housed in the exterior body; and a sealing body caulked and fixed between the grooving portion and an opening end in the opening, wherein in a portion from the grooving portion of the inner surface of the exterior body to the open end portion, a powder of at least one among compounds selected from the group consisting of hydroxides, oxides, and carbonates is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Okada, Katsuya Ito, Shuichi Yamashita, Yuki Iida
  • Publication number: 20230291291
    Abstract: A coil alignment device includes: a plate-shaped first jig having a plurality of grooves arranged along a circumferential direction so as to extend toward a radial-direction outer side; and a second jig that can contact with a segment coil inserted in the first jig. Each groove includes a storage portion extending along a radial direction and having a first length so that leg portions of the segment coils can be stored side by side in the radial direction, and a guiding portion extending from the storage portion toward the radial-direction outer side, and has a first shape so that, using, as a fulcrum, one leg portion inserted in the storage portion, the other leg portion is movable toward the storage portion. The second jig is movable to press the segment coil from a radial-direction side and store the other leg portion into the storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akihito MORI, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Kota HIROHASHI, Masahiro YUYA, Shunsuke YAMAMOTO, Kyosuke YAMAGUCHI, Tetsuya YOKOGAWA, Katsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11594927
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing a coil end. The rotating electric machine includes an armature core and a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils each include a plurality of turn portions. The plurality of turn portions each include an inner-layer-side turn portion and an outer-layer-side turn portion. The inner-layer-side turn portion includes a first inner-layer-side bent portion, a first inner-layer-side oblique portion, and an inner-layer-side shift portion which is twisted. The outer-layer-side turn portion includes a first outer-layer-side bent portion, a first outer-layer-side oblique portion, and an outer-layer-side shift portion. The outer-layer-side shift portion has the inner-layer-side shift portion arranged between the outer-layer-side shift portion and the armature core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hino, Katsuya Ito, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Tatsuki Kawashima, Kazuya Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20230056608
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film that exhibits superior water repellency and oil repellency and has good adhesion between a substrate film and a coating layer, and for this purpose, the laminated film is a laminated film comprising a substrate film and at least one coating layer laminated on the substrate film, wherein the coating layer contains an acid-modified polyolefin and hydrophobic oxide particles, and the acid-modified polyolefin has an acid value of 1 mgKOH/g or more and 60 mgKOH/g or less. Preferably, the laminated film is a solution means in which a surface of the coating layer has a contact angle with respect to water of 100 degrees or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miyuki HAYASHI, Masako TATSUTA, Koji YAMADA, Yoshihiko TERAMOTO, Katsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11569700
    Abstract: To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hino, Kohei Egashira, Shinya Matsunaga, Yasuhiro Hayasaka, Norihiro Murata, Kazuya Hasegawa, Katsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 11511473
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota Hayakawa, Yukihiro Numata, Katsuya Ito, Jun Inagaki, Toshiyuki Shimizu, Shoichi Gyobu, Chikao Morishige, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20220164003
    Abstract: Provided is a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability and unlikely to have image distortion at the folding portion of the display after repeated folding, as well as a mobile device equipped therewith. The foldable display contains a surface protection film and a polarizer. The surface protection film is composed of a polyester film, and the angle made by the slow axis of the polyester film with the absorption axis of the polarizer is 10 to 80°. The polyester film has a refractive index in the bending direction of 1.590 to 1.620, a refractive index in the direction of a folding portion of 1.670 to 1.700, a refractive index in the thickness direction of 1.520 or less, and a density of 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the folding portion of the polyester film to be folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU, Katsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20220162411
    Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide a laminated film having a coating layer surface which exhibits superior water-repellent and/or oil-repellent characteristics, [SOLUTION MEANS] A laminated film in which a coating layer is laminated, directly or indirectly by way of another layer, over a substrate film, the laminated film being such that the coating layer is an outermost layer on at least one face of the laminated film, and hydrophobic oxide particles of average primary particle diameter not less than 10 nm but not greater than 300 nm are present in the coating layer in an amount that in terms of solids content is not less than 30 mass % but not greater than 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masako TATSUTA, Yoshihiko TERAMOTO, Katsuya ITO, Miyuki HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11325363
    Abstract: An object is to provide a laminate having excellent lamination strength that includes a polyester film having a furandicarboxylate unit and a heat-sealable resin layer, and to provide a packaging bag including the same. A laminate including a polyester film and a heat-sealable resin layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film containing a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol, a plane orientation coefficient ?P of the film is 0.100 or more and 0.160 or less, a thickness of the film is 1 ?m or more and 300 ?m or less, a heat shrinkage rate of the film is 10% or less when heated at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and lamination strength of the laminate is 2.0 N/15 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Shota Hayakawa, Yukihiro Numata, Katsuya Ito, Jun Inagaki, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20220135847
    Abstract: This invention provides a readily adhesive polyester film that has fewer flaws and in which no appearance defects occur due to tight winding during the storage of rolled products, and a method for efficiently producing the readily adhesive polyester film. More specifically, this invention provides a readily adhesive polyester film comprising a polyester film as a base film and a readily adhesive layer on at least one side of the base film, wherein the base film contains particles with an average particle diameter of 0.1-2 ?m or more in an amount of 1 mass % or less based on the mass of the base film, and the readily adhesive layer is a cured product of a composition comprising a copolymerized polyester resin (A), a blocked isocyanate group-containing urethane resin (B), and a silicone surfactant (C). This invention also provides a method for producing a readily adhesive polyester film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei YAMAGUCHI, Hiroshi TAKI, Isao TAKII, Katsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 11312830
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Yukihiro Numata, Shota Hayakawa, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20220085307
    Abstract: Provided is a polyester film for foldable displays that is unlikely to have cracks in the folding portion with the aim of providing a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that does not have image distortion that may appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded. The polyester film has a thickness of 10 to 80 ?m, a refractive index in the bending direction of 1.590 to 1.620, a refractive index in the direction of a folding portion of 1.670 to 1.700, a refractive index in the thickness direction of 1.520 or less, and a density of 1.380 g/cm3 or more, wherein the bending direction refers to a direction orthogonal to the folding portion of the polyester film to be folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro NISHIO, Kiwamu KAWAI, Akira SHIMIZU, Katsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210184525
    Abstract: Provided is a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing a coil end. The rotating electric machine includes an armature core and a plurality of coils. The plurality of coils each include a plurality of turn portions. The plurality of turn portions each include an inner-layer-side turn portion and an outer-layer-side turn portion. The inner-layer-side turn portion includes a first inner-layer-side bent portion, a first inner-layer-side oblique portion, and an inner-layer-side shift portion which is twisted. The outer-layer-side turn portion includes a first outer-layer-side bent portion, a first outer-layer-side oblique portion, and an outer-layer-side shift portion. The outer-layer-side shift portion has the inner-layer-side shift portion arranged between the outer-layer-side shift portion and the armature core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro HINO, Katsuya ITO, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Tatsuki KAWASHIMA, Kazuya HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210184526
    Abstract: To obtain a rotating electric machine capable of downsizing the rotating electric machine in an axial direction and in a radial direction. A first inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a first conductor-exposed portion and a second inner-peripheral-side terminal includes a second conductor-exposed portion opposed to the first conductor-exposed portion. An opposing portion being a portion, at which the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion are opposed to each other, extends in a radial direction, and at least a part of the opposing portion of the first conductor-exposed portion and the second conductor-exposed portion is arranged on an inner side in the radial direction compared to the first outer-peripheral-side terminal and the second outer-peripheral-side terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro HINO, Kohei EGASHIRA, Shinya MATSUNAGA, Yasuhiro HAYASAKA, Norihiro MURATA, Kazuya HASEGAWA, Katsuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20210147618
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Jun INAGAKI, Katsuya ITO, Yukihiro NUMATA, Shota HAYAKAWA, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL
  • Patent number: 10941244
    Abstract: It is provided that a polyester film excellent in heat resistant dimension stability, impact-resistant strength properties, easy-slipping properties, mechanical properties, transparency, and gas barrier performance, and a film roll obtained by winding up this polyester film. A polyester film includes at least one layer mainly including a polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid component including furandicarboxylic acid as a main component and a glycol component including ethylene glycol as a main component; and the polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ?P of not less than 0.005 and not more than 0.200, a thickness of not less than 1 ?m and not more than 300 ?m, a heat shrinkage rate of 3.2% or less in each of the MD direction and the TD direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes, and a layer containing at least one additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOBO CO., LTD., Furanix Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Jun Inagaki, Katsuya Ito, Yukihiro Numata, Shota Hayakawa, Jesper Gabriel Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20210016484
    Abstract: It is provided that a method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film that can be used for industrial and packaging applications. A method for producing a biaxially oriented polyester film, comprising: a step of feeding a polyester resin into an extruder, a step of extruding the molten polyester resin from an extruder to obtain a molten resin sheet at 250 to 310° C., a step of attaching the molten resin sheet closely to a cooling roll by an electrostatic application method to obtain an unstretched sheet, and a step of biaxially stretching the unstretched sheet, wherein the polyester resin fulfills the following (A) to (C): (A) the polyester resin comprises a polyethylene furandicarboxylate resin composed of a furandicarboxylic acid and ethylene glycol; (B) an intrinsic viscosity of the polyester resin is 0.50 dL/g or more; (C) a melt specific resistance value at 250° C. of the polyester resin is 3.0×107 ?·cm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOBO CO., LTD., FURANIX TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Shota HAYAKAWA, Yukihiro NUMATA, Katsuya ITO, Jun INAGAKI, Toshiyuki SHIMIZU, Shoichi GYOBU, Chikao MORISHIGE, Jesper Gabriel VAN BERKEL