Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Takahashi

Kazuhiro Takahashi 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: 11689173
    Abstract: A filter element is mounted on a module substrate. The filter element includes a ground terminal and a pair of signal terminals. The module substrate includes a ground plane, a ground land, and an inductance adjusting line that connects the ground land to the ground plane. The ground terminal of the filter element is connected to the ground land of the module substrate. The inductance adjusting line includes an in-plane extending portion that extends in an in-plane direction of the module substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tetsurou Ashida
  • Patent number: 11673453
    Abstract: A fixed window glass assembly with a resin frame, wherein the resin frame is attached to a peripheral edge portion of a fixed window glass to be mounted to a vehicle and has a guide portion for guiding an elevating window glass, the resin frame is formed of an integrally molded product including a harder portion and a softer portion covering the harder portion, the harder portion being formed in a U-character shape in section to wrap the peripheral edge portion of the fixed window glass in a thickness direction thereof. The harder portion includes a buffer portion at a part of the peripheral edge portion of the fixed window glass to buffer stresses to be generated between the fixed window glass and the resin frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230151256
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mixed refrigerant having four types of performance, i.e., an excellent coefficient of performance and refrigerating capacity that allow it to serve as an alternative refrigerant for R410A, a sufficiently low GWP, and non-flammability. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) and difluoromethane (R32), wherein the contents of CF3I and R32 in the refrigerant are respectively 48 mass %?CF3I?46 mass % and 54 mass %?R32?52 mass %, based on the total amount of CF3I and R32 taken as 100 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Hitomi KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20230138340
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing HCFC-142, which is a target product, with high yield and high efficiency, by preventing the decomposition of starting materials, such as HCC-140 and HCO-1130. A method for producing HCFC-142, comprising bringing a chlorine-containing compound into contact with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a stabilizer to perform at least one fluorination reaction, thus obtaining a reaction gas containing HCFC-142, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Megumi KUSHIDA, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Tsubasa NAKAUE
  • Publication number: 20230126728
    Abstract: An output matching circuit includes a transformer having one end electrically connected to an output terminal of a power amplifier element that amplifies an input signal and another end electrically connected to a terminal connected to a load, and converting an impedance of the terminal connected to the load to an impedance higher than an impedance of the output terminal, a first filter circuit that attenuates a signal within a first frequency band higher than a transmission frequency band of the input signal, and a second filter circuit that attenuates a signal within a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230117208
    Abstract: In an air conditioner that uses a refrigerant mixture containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene, high efficiency is achieved. In the air conditioner (1), a compressor (100, 200) can be driven without interposing a power conversion device between an AC power source (90, 190) and a motor (70, 170). Thus, it is possible to provide the air conditioner (1) that is environmentally friendly and has a relatively inexpensive configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke OHTSUKA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Patent number: 11618724
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for purifying HFO-1132 to a high purity while suppressing the isomerization and loss of HFO-1132. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a method for purifying 1,2-difluoroethylene, which is HFO-1132, the method comprising, in this order, step 1 of bringing a composition comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene, which is HFO-1132(E), and water into contact with a zeolite having an average pore size of 2 to 4 ? to reduce the water content from the composition; and step 2 of recovering a purified product containing HFO-1132(E) and a reduced content of water, and containing less than 0.1% by volume of HFO-1132(Z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Usui, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tomoyuki Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20230097829
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji KUMAKURA, Takuro YAMADA, Atsushi YOSHIMI, Ikuhiro IWATA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Keisuke OHTSUKA, Yuuichi YANAGI, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20230101647
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus, which is configured to expose a substrate to light using an original in which a pattern is formed, includes an illumination optical system configured to guide exposure light to the original, the exposure light including first exposure light with a first wavelength and second exposure light with a second wavelength that is different from the first wavelength, an optical projection system that exhibits on-axis chromatic aberration and that is configured to form a pattern image of the original at a plurality of positions in an optical axis direction of the optical projection system using the exposure light, and a control unit configured to expose the substrate to light while scanning the substrate in a state where a normal direction of a surface of the substrate is inclined with respect to the optical axis direction of the optical projection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Rika Hoshino, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11596924
    Abstract: Superabsorbent particles have a median size of from about 50 to about 2,000 micrometers and contain a porous network that includes a plurality of nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of from about 10 to about 500 nanometers, wherein the superabsorbent particles exhibit a Vortex Time of about 80 seconds or less and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) of 5 darcys or more, of 10 darcys or more, of 20 darcys or more, of 30 darcys or more, of 60 darcys or more, or of 90 darcys or more. A method for forming such superabsorbent particles includes forming a composition that contains a superabsorbent polymer and a solvent system; contacting the composition with a non-solvent system to initiate formation of the porous network through phase inversion; removing non-solvent from the composition; and surface crosslinking the superabsorbent particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Vasily A. Topolkaraev, Austin N. Pickett, Karen Goeders, Mark M. Mleziva, Theodore T. Tower, WanDuk Lee, Neil T. Scholl, Lori A. Eslinger, Yuriy Galabura, Dave Soerens, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yusuke Ueda, Megumi Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20230068606
    Abstract: It has been found that wild-type ferulic acid decarboxylase derived from Saccharomyces has high catalytic activity for the production of unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds. Further, it has been found that in the ferulic acid decarboxylase, substitute of the amino acid at position 398 with glutamine, methionine, asparagine, phenylalanine, histidine, or threonine more improves the catalytic activity, making it possible to provide a method capable of producing an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound such as butadiene with high productivity, and an enzyme used in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: RIKEN, ZEON CORPORATION, THE Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu SHIRAI, Yutaro MORI, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yayoi AKAHORI
  • Patent number: 11560345
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a fluoroethane, which is the desired product, with high selectivity; and a method for producing a fluoroolefin. The production method according to the present disclosure comprises obtaining a product comprising a fluoroethane represented by CX1X2FCX3X4X5 (wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or a chlorine atom; and at least one of X1, X2, X3, X4, and X5 represents a hydrogen atom) from a fluoroethylene by a reaction in the presence of at least one catalyst in at least one reactor. The reaction is performed by introducing a starting material gas comprising the fluoroethylene into the reactor, and the water content in the starting material gas is 150 ppm by mass or less based on the total mass of the starting material gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Takashi Usui, Takehiro Chaki, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tsubasa Nakaue
  • Patent number: 11557418
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a core part including: a winding shaft; and a planar flange part provided at an axial-direction end of the winding shaft, and having a groove part provided on an exterior face thereof where a lead part led out from a conductor wound around the winding shaft into the groove part, wherein the flange part has a first recessed part provided on a first side face intersecting with the long axis of the groove part and communicated with the groove part, wherein the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face, of the first recessed part, is greater than the area of a cross section, taken in a direction parallel with the first side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideharu Suzuki, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11549041
    Abstract: An object is to provide a mixed refrigerant having three types of performance, i.e., a refrigerating capacity that is equivalent to that of R410A, a sufficiently low GWP, and a lower flammability (Class 2L) according to the ASHRAE standard. Provided is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (R32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf), wherein when the mass % of HFO-1132(E), R32, and R1234yf based on their sum in the refrigerant is respectively represented by x, y, and z, coordinates (x,y,z) in a ternary composition diagram in which the sum of HFO-1132(E), R32, and R1234yf is 100 mass % are within the range of a figure surrounded by line segments AC, CF, FD, and DA that connect the following 4 points: point A (71.1, 0.0, 28.9), point C (36.5, 18.2, 45.3), point F (47.6, 18.3, 34.1), and point D (72.0, 0.0, 28.0), or on these line segments; the line segment AC is represented by coordinates (0.0181y2?2.2288y+71.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi Itano, Daisuke Karube, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11549695
    Abstract: A heat exchange unit is provided with which, even if a flammable refrigerant is used, the likelihood of the refrigerant reaching an electric component unit is reduced. An outdoor unit (20) constitutes a portion of an air-conditioning apparatus (1), and is connected to an indoor unit (30) via a liquid-side refrigerant connection pipe (6) and a gas-side refrigerant connection pipe (5). The outdoor unit (20) includes an outdoor housing (50), an outdoor heat exchanger (23) disposed inside the outdoor housing (50) and in which a refrigerant flows, a liquid-side shutoff valve (29) connected to the liquid-side refrigerant connection pipe (6), a gas-side shutoff valve (28) connected to the gas-side refrigerant connection pipe (5), and an outdoor electric component unit (8) disposed inside the outdoor housing (50). The refrigerant is a flammable refrigerant containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi Itano, Daisuke Karube, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Yuzo Komatsu, Shun Ohkubo, Tetsushi Tsuda, Yumi Toda, Takeo Abe
  • Publication number: 20230002659
    Abstract: An object is to provide a mixed refrigerant having three types of performance, i.e., a refrigerating capacity that is equivalent to that of R410A, a sufficiently low GWP, and a lower flammability (Class 2L) according to the ASHRAE standard. Provided is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (R32), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf), wherein when the mass % of HFO-1132(E), R32, and R1234yf based on their sum in the refrigerant is respectively represented by x, y, and z, coordinates (x,y,z) in a ternary composition diagram in which the sum of HFO-1132(E), R32, and R1234yf is 100 mass % are within the range of a figure surrounded by line segments AC, CF, FD, and DA that connect the following 4 points: point A (71.1, 0.0, 28.9), point C (36.5, 18.2, 45.3), point F (47.6, 18.3, 34.1), and point D (72.0, 0.0, 28.0), or on these line segments; the line segment AC is represented by coordinates (0.0181y2?2.2288y+71.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11535781
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) is capable of performing a refrigeration cycle using a small-GWP refrigerant. The refrigeration cycle apparatus (1) includes a refrigerant circuit (10) and a refrigerant enclosed in the refrigerant circuit (10). The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor (21), a condenser (23), a decompressing section (24), and an evaporator (31). The refrigerant contains at least 1,2-difluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Kumakura, Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yoshimi, Ikuhiro Iwata, Mitsushi Itano, Daisuke Karube, Yuuki Yotsumoto, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Yuzo Komatsu, Shun Ohkubo, Keisuke Ohtsuka, Yoshinari Asano, Keiji Aota, Yuuichi Yanagi, Yoshikazu Nakao, Takeo Abe, Yumi Toda, Tetsushi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20220404070
    Abstract: In an air conditioner that uses a refrigerant mixture containing at least 1,2-difluoroethylene, high efficiency is achieved. The motor rotation rate of a compressor (100) can be changed in accordance with an air conditioning load, and thus a high annual performance factor (APF) can be achieved. In addition, an electrolytic capacitor is not required on an output side of a rectifier circuit (21), and thus an increase in the size and cost of the circuit is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke OHTSUKA, Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Tetsushi TSUDA
  • Publication number: 20220389299
    Abstract: There is provided a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which good lubricity can be achieved when a refrigeration cycle is performed using a refrigerant having a sufficiently low GWP. The refrigeration cycle apparatus contains a refrigerating oil and a refrigerant composition containing a refrigerant containing trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI, Yuzo KOMATSU, Shun OHKUBO, Tatsuya TAKAKUWA, Tetsushi TSUDA, Takeo ABE, Yumi TODA
  • Publication number: 20220380649
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerant composition having two types of performance, i.e., a coefficient of performance that is equivalent to that of R410A and a sufficiently low GWP. Provided is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)), trifluoroethylene (HFO-1123), and difluoromethane (R32) at specific concentrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsushi ITANO, Daisuke KARUBE, Yuuki YOTSUMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKAHASHI