Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Goto

Kazuhiro Goto 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: 20240413498
    Abstract: A lead wire including a lead conductor and a film covering at least a part of a surface of the lead conductor, wherein the film includes a trivalent chromium compound and a first metal, and a ratio of a concentration of the first metal to a concentration of the trivalent chromium compound on a surface of the film is 0.01 or more and 4.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke KUREISHI, Kengo GOTO, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Hanano SASAKI, Kazuhiro GOTO
  • Publication number: 20240209481
    Abstract: A steel wire is composed of a steel containing: not less than 0.5 mass % and not more than 0.7 mass % carbon, not less than 1 mass % and not more than 2.5 mass % silicon, not less than 0.3 mass % and not more than 1 mass % manganese, and not less than 0.5 mass % and not more than 2 mass % chromium, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. The steel wire has a wire diameter of not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm, and a tensile strength of not less than 2000 N/mm2 and not more than 2700 N/mm2. The steel has a pearlite structure. A value obtained by dividing a sum of 5.8885×10?3 and a lattice strain S of the steel by the tensile strength T, (S+5.8885×10?3)/T, the tensile strength T being in N/mm2, is not less than 4.8×10?6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi OKADA, Takashi WATANABE, Takafumi UWANO, Kazuhiro GOTO, Hiromu IZUMIDA
  • Publication number: 20240106045
    Abstract: A lead member includes a lead conductor having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The lead member includes a resin portion that covers the first main surface, the second main surface, and two side surfaces that are between both ends of the lead conductor, while exposing the both ends of the lead conductor in a first direction. The lead conductor includes a metal substrate and a surface treatment layer formed on at least a portion of a surface of the metal substrate, the surface treatment layer including chromium, oxygen, and fluorine. A moisture content of a portion of the surface treatment layer exposed from the resin portion, as measured by coulometric Karl Fischer titration at a vaporization temperature of 220° C., is 5.0 ?g/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Akira TSUCHIKO, Kengo GOTO, Kazuhiro GOTO, Koji KASUYA, Yoshihiro TSUKUDA, Yusuke KUREISHI
  • Patent number: 11745290
    Abstract: A metal member-welded structure includes: a Cu member; an Al member; and a welded portion formed by melting and solidifying each of materials of the Cu member and the Al member. The Cu member includes a Cu-based material containing Cu as a main component. The Al member includes an Al-based material containing Al as a main component and a plating layer that covers a side of the Al-based material, the side being close to a surface of the Cu member. The welded portion includes a sea-island structure in a vicinity of the surface of the Cu member. The sea-island structure includes: a plurality of island portions containing pure Al, and a sea portion interposed among the island portions. The sea portion has a eutectic structure having: a phase of an intermetallic compound of Cu and Al; and a phase of pure Al.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki Sugimura, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Kazuhiro Goto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Junichi Ono, Takuji Otsuka, Kenji Miyamoto, Osamu Nakayama, Kazuaki Hamada, Kazuhiro Washio
  • Patent number: 11439941
    Abstract: An air purification unit is provided for individuals seated at a table that has a unit body adapted to be mounted at a mounting height at or above the approximate head height of individuals seated at the table, and in a position between the individuals. A motorized fan system is provided within the unit body that is configured to draw air from at least one inlet proximate the bottom of the unit body. A filter is positioned in communication with the inlet and the fan system for filtering air drawn through the inlet. The unit body has at least two ducted outlets disposed radially or axially for discharging filtered air toward the individuals, while the unit prevents cross-flow of breath air between the individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AGS ZEPHYR INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Salvatore Alesio, Robert Sowka
  • Patent number: 11380458
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and has a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Ni, or Ni and Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less in total, and P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with a balance being Cu and impurities, in the copper alloy, a ratio of precipitation of P to solid solution of P being 1.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei Sakamoto, Akiko Inoue, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yusuke Oshima, Minoru Nakamoto, Kazuhiro Nanjo, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Nakai, Kazuhiro Goto, Ryo Toyoshima, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Fumitoshi Imasato, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220176293
    Abstract: An air purification unit is provided for individuals seated at a table that has a unit body adapted to be mounted at a mounting height at or above the approximate head height of individuals seated at the table, and in a position between the individuals. A motorized fan system is provided within the unit body that is configured to draw air from at least one inlet proximate the bottom of the unit body. A filter is positioned in communication with the inlet and the fan system for filtering air drawn through the inlet. The unit body has at least two ducted outlets disposed radially or axially for discharging filtered air toward the individuals, while the unit prevents cross-flow of breath air between the individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Salvatore Alesio, Robert Sowka
  • Patent number: 11339051
    Abstract: An ozone generating device including an excimer lamp having an arc tube containing a luminescent gas, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The arc tube has a first end portion and a second end portion, a first diameter-reduced portion provided continuously from the first end portion, a diameter of which decreases as a distance from the first end portion increases, and a second diameter-reduced portion provided continuously from the second end portion, a diameter of which decreases as a distance from the second end portion increases, the first electrode is provided for an outer periphery surface of the first end portion, the second electrode is provided for an outer periphery surface of the second end portion, the arc tube is fixed via the cylindrical portion, and the first electrode is not provided over the first diameter-reduced portion, and/or the second electrode is not provided over the second diameter-reduced portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Imamura, Kazuhiro Goto
  • Publication number: 20220149387
    Abstract: Provided is a proton conductor that achieves an improvement in transport number while suppressing a decrease in conductivity. The proton conductor contains a metal oxide having a perovskite structure and represented by formula (1): AaB1-x-yB?xMyO3-? (1), wherein an element A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, and Ca, an element B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Ce, an element B? is Hf, an element M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Yb, Er, Ho, Tm, Gd, In, and Sc, ? is an oxygen deficiency amount, and “a”, “x”, and “y” satisfy 0.9?a?1.0, 0.1?y?0.2, and 0<x(1?y)?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro HIGASHINO, Yohei NODA, Mitsuyasu OGAWA, Masatoshi MAJIMA, Kazuhiro GOTO
  • Patent number: 11247163
    Abstract: An air purification unit is provided for individuals seated at a table that has a unit body adapted to be mounted at a mounting height at or above the approximate head height of individuals seated at the table, and in a position between the individuals. A motorized fan system is provided within the unit body that is configured to draw air from at least one inlet proximate the bottom of the unit body. A filter is positioned in communication with the inlet and the fan system for filtering air drawn through the inlet. The unit body has at least two ducted outlets disposed radially or axially for discharging filtered air toward the individuals, while the unit prevents cross-flow of breath air between the individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AGS ZEPHYR INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Goto, Salvatore Alesio, Robert Sowka
  • Publication number: 20210339339
    Abstract: A metal member-welded structure includes: a Cu member; an Al member; and a welded portion formed by melting and solidifying each of materials of the Cu member and the Al member. The Cu member includes a Cu-based material containing Cu as a main component. The Al member includes an Al-based material containing Al as a main component and a plating layer that covers a side of the Al-based material, the side being close to a surface of the Cu member. The welded portion includes a sea-island structure in a vicinity of the surface of the Cu member. The sea-island structure includes: a plurality of island portions containing pure Al, and a sea portion interposed among the island portions. The sea portion has a eutectic structure having: a phase of an intermetallic compound of Cu and Al; and a phase of pure Al.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki SUGIMURA, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Kazuhiro GOTO, Hiroki HIRAI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Junichi ONO, Takuji OTSUKA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Kazuaki HAMADA, Kazuhiro WASHIO
  • Publication number: 20210183533
    Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a plurality of copper alloy wires composed of a copper alloy and twisted together, and has a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy containing Ni, or Ni and Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less in total, and P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with a balance being Cu and impurities, in the copper alloy, a ratio of precipitation of P to solid solution of P being 1.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei SAKAMOTO, Akiko INOUE, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Yusuke OSHIMA, Minoru NAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro NANJO, Taichiro NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro NAKAI, Kazuhiro GOTO, Ryo TOYOSHIMA, Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Fumitoshi IMASATO, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 10946766
    Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle includes a battery, a mounting member, a switch, and a switch controller. The battery is configured to supply power for moving. On the mounting member, a supplementary battery configured to supply power for moving is detachably mountable. The switch is configured to switch connection of the battery and the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member between series and parallel connections. The switch controller is configured to control the switch in accordance with condition information about the battery and condition information about the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazu Hamada, Kosuke Hirabayashi, Kazuhiro Goto, Akihiro Kawakami, Satoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210009416
    Abstract: An ozone generating device including an excimer lamp having an arc tube containing a luminescent gas, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The arc tube has a first end portion and a second end portion, a first diameter-reduced portion provided continuously from the first end portion, a diameter of which decreases as a distance from the first end portion increases, and a second diameter-reduced portion provided continuously from the second end portion, a diameter of which decreases as a distance from the second end portion increases, the first electrode is provided for an outer periphery surface of the first end portion, the second electrode is provided for an outer periphery surface of the second end portion, the arc tube is fixed via the cylindrical portion, and the first electrode is not provided over the first diameter-reduced portion, and/or the second electrode is not provided over the second diameter-reduced portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi IMAMURA, Kazuhiro GOTO
  • Publication number: 20200141434
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal member-welded structure includes: a preparing step of preparing an Al alloy member formed of an Al-based alloy and a Cu member containing Cu as a main component; and a welding step of applying laser from a side of the Al alloy member to the Al alloy member and the Cu member disposed to face each other, and welding the Al alloy member and the Cu member to each other. The Al-based alloy contains, as an additional element, one of: 1 mass % or more and 17 mass % or less of Si; 0.05 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less of Fe; and 0.05 mass % or more and 2.5 mass % or less of Mn. A laser applying condition satisfies an output of 550 W or more and a scanning rate of 10 min/sec or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koki SUGIMURA, Kazuhiro GOTO, Tetsuya KUWABARA, Hiroki HIRAI, Junichi ONO, Tetsuji TANAKA, Osamu NAKAYAMA, Kazuaki HAMADA, Kenji MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200086761
    Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle includes a battery, a mounting member, a switch, and a switch controller. The battery is configured to supply power for moving. On the mounting member, a supplementary battery configured to supply power for moving is detachably mountable. The switch is configured to switch connection of the battery and the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member between series and parallel connections. The switch controller is configured to control the switch in accordance with condition information about the battery and condition information about the supplementary battery mounted on the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazu HAMADA, Kosuke HIRABAYASHI, Kazuhiro GOTO, Akihiro KAWAKAMI, Satoshi INOUE
  • Patent number: 10559403
    Abstract: A composition having an oil film retention function which an oil film can be stably retained on surfaces of various metals, an anticorrosive agent using same, and insulated terminated electric wire. A composition having oil film retention function for being added to base oil to be applied onto a metal surface and retaining base oil on metal surface, and composition contains a component that is an adduct of an azole compound and acidic alkyl phosphate ester including one or more compounds represented by General Formulae (1) (Chemical Formula 1) P(?O)(—OR1)(—OH)2 . . . (1) or General Formula (2) (Chemical Formula 2) P(?O)(—OR1)2(—OH) . . . (2) where R1 represents an organic group having four or more carbon atoms, and component that is an adduct of a metal and/or organic amine compound and acidic alkyl phosphate ester including one or more compounds represented by General Formulae (1) or (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hase, Takehiro Hosokawa, Kazuo Nakashima, Kazuhiro Goto, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Otsuka, Hideki Nomura, Makoto Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10196529
    Abstract: A metal surface coating composition including a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, and a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, wherein the ratio (a/b) of the number of amide groups (a) and the number of acidic groups (b) is within a range of 1.1 to 6.0: where X1 to X7 represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R11 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R14 to R16 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka, Hideki Nomura, Kazuhiro Goto, Makoto Mizoguchi, Koichi Yoshida, Kenichi Komiya, Takashi Arai, Yuji Shitara, Kazuhiro Yagishita
  • Patent number: 10174207
    Abstract: A metal surface coating composition and a terminal-fitted electric wire which is anti-corrosion treated with the composition are provided. The composition includes a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, and a nucleating agent: where X1 to X7 each represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R11 to R13 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, among which at least one is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R14 to R16 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms among which at least one is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, JXTG NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Nakashima, Takehiro Hosokawa, Tatsuya Hase, Hiroki Hirai, Junichi Ono, Takuji Ootsuka, Hideki Nomura, Kazuhiro Goto, Makoto Mizoguchi, Koichi Yoshida, Kenichi Komiya, Takashi Arai, Yuji Shitara, Kazuhiro Yagishita
  • Patent number: 10122234
    Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, a plurality of phase windings, a neutral line and a fixing portion. The plurality of phase windings is wounded a plurality of times by a predetermined winding method crossing between a plurality of slots. One lead end of each phase winding is a neutral point connecting portion, and the one lead end is pulled out from an axially end portion of the stator core. The neutral line connects the neutral point connecting portions of the phase windings of different phases together. The neutral line is separate from the phase windings. The fixing portion fixes a first phase winding that is connected to the neutral line. A second phase winding is adjacent to the first phase winding together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Kaneshige, Masashi Matsumoto, Kuniyoshi Shishido, Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuhiro Goto, Akihito Koike, Tetsuya Maruyama