Patents by Inventor Kazuki Maeda
Kazuki Maeda 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).
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Publication number: 20240376334Abstract: A primer composition for a process of inkjet printing includes a resin emulsion, a cohesion promoter, surfactant(s) (A), nonionic surfactant(s) (B), and water. The resin emulsion includes a polyolefin-based resin emulsion and/or a urethane-based resin emulsion. The surfactant(s) (A) include(s) an acetylene-based surfactant and/or a silicone-based surfactant. Each nonionic surfactant (B) has a HLB value of 10.0 or greater but under 15.5 and has multiple polyoxyalkylene groups in a molecule, and includes a polyoxyalkylene group-containing fatty acid glyceryl, a polyoxyalkylene group-containing aliphatic amine, and/or a polyoxyalkylene group-containing sorbitan fatty acid ester. The content percentage of the nonionic surfactant(s) (B) in the primer composition is 3.0% by mass or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Takaaki SANO, Eri UEDA, Kazuki MORIYASU, Hirohito MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240375740Abstract: A vehicle that reduces troublesomeness and appropriately notify vehicle peripheral information. The vehicle includes a vehicle periphery detection sensor that detects a periphery environment of the vehicle; a speed sensor that detects a speed of the vehicle; and a plurality of vehicle periphery information display regions that display vehicle periphery information detected by the vehicle periphery detection sensor, and the vehicle periphery information display regions to be displayed are changed in accordance with the speed detected by the speed sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda, Yoshiyuki Kuroba
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Patent number: 12144092Abstract: A microwave treatment device of the present disclosure includes heating chamber (1) for accommodating object (2) to be heated, microwave generator (3), heater (7), power feeder (4), detector (5), and controller (6). Microwave generator (3) generates microwaves. Heater (7) includes a heat source other than the microwaves and heats an inside of heating chamber (1). Power feeder (4) supplies the heating chamber with the microwaves. Detector (5) detects reflected power from power feeder (4). Controller (6) controls heater (7) and microwave generator (3). When heater (7) carries out heating, Controller (6) causes microwave generator (3) to generate the microwaves in heating by heater (7). The microwaves have output power such that the reflected power at a level detectable by detector (5) returns. By present disclosure, by understanding progress of cooking, a heating target can be appropriately cooked.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Maeda, Daisuke Hosokawa, Yoshiharu Oomori, Koji Yoshino, Fumitaka Ogasawara, Takashi Uno
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Publication number: 20240352271Abstract: A primer composition for a process of inkjet printing includes a resin emulsion, cohesion promoter, surfactant(s) (A), nonionic surfactant(s) (B), and water. The resin emulsion includes a polyolefin-based resin emulsion and/or a urethane-based resin emulsion. The surfactant(s) (A) include(s) an acetylene-based surfactant and a silicone-based surfactant. Each nonionic surfactant (B) had a HLB value of 10.0 or greater but under 15.5 and also had multiple polyoxyalkylene groups in the molecule, and includes a polyoxyalkylene group-containing fatty acid glyceryl, a polyoxyalkylene group-containing aliphatic amine, and/or a polyoxyalkylene group-containing sorbitan fatty acid ester. The content percentage of the nonionic surfactant(s) (B) in the primer composition is 3.0% by mass or lower; and no organic solvent is contained, or the content of organic solvent(s) in the primer composition is 1.0% by mass or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Inventors: Takaaki SANO, Eri UEDA, Kazuki MORIYASU, Hirohito MAEDA
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Patent number: 12119501Abstract: A coin-type lithium secondary cell for soldering by reflow method includes a positive electrode including a lithium composite oxide, a negative electrode, an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including an electrolytic solution, a cell case having an enclosed space in which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer are housed. The positive electrode and the negative electrode as a whole contains 3.0% by mass or less of lithium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Kazuki Maeda, Masanori Tajima
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Patent number: 12120805Abstract: A high-frequency heating apparatus includes heating chamber (1), generator (2), radiator (3), and controller (30). Heating chamber (1) has a wall surface including metal, and accommodates object (4) to be heated. Generator (2) generates high-frequency power at any frequency in a band of 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz. Radiator (3) includes loop antenna (3) including a plurality of loop portions (3A, 3B), and radiates the high-frequency power generated by generator (2) to heating chamber (1). Controller (30) controls a frequency of the high-frequency power generated by generator (2). According to this aspect, a heating target can be uniformly heated or partially heated without a waveguide for transmitting high-frequency power.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuki Maeda, Daisuke Hosokawa, Yoshiharu Oomori
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Publication number: 20240326303Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic molded article includes producing a granular waste material by finely pulverizing a waste material that includes a base made of a thermoplastic and a decorative layer provided on a surface of the base, producing a molten waste material by melting the granular waste material, injecting the molten waste material into a cavity of a mold and maintaining the molten waste material in a molten state in the cavity, and molding the plastic molded article by cooling the molten waste material that is maintained in the molten state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Shohei YAMAMOTO, Kazuki TAKAO, Hideto MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240307991Abstract: Provided is a resistance spot welding method suitable for manufacturing a welded joint exhibiting excellent delayed fracture resistance. The resistance spot welding method includes sandwiching two or more overlapped steel sheets between a pair of welding electrodes, applying current to the steel sheets while pressing the steel sheets, forming a nugget on overlapping surfaces of the steel sheets to join the steel sheets, and after the joining, applying vibration directly or indirectly to the nugget so that the steel sheets are caused to vibrate at a frequency of 100 Hz or more and a maximum amplitude of 10 nm to 500 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi MAEDA, Kazuki ENDOH, Yuki TOJI, Nao KAWABE
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Patent number: 12074295Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a wiring board, a coin-type secondary cell that is a lithium secondary cell electrically connected to the wiring board by reflow soldering, and a wireless communication device electrically connected to the wiring board. The coin-type secondary cell includes a positive electrode including a sintered body, a negative electrode including a sintered body, an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a cell case having an enclosed space in which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer are housed. When C is given as the capacity of the positive electrode and A is given as the capacity of the negative electrode, 1.03<C/A<1.60 is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Kazuki Maeda, Shunsuke Mizukami
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Publication number: 20240246476Abstract: A vehicle including a lamp body that irradiates surroundings of the vehicle, comprising a control unit configured to control an irradiation range of the lamp body according to a speed of the vehicle, wherein the control unit controls the irradiation range according to the speed to be different when the speed increases and when the speed decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuki Akami, Hiroshi Maeda
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Publication number: 20240200163Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recovering at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of gold (Au) and palladium (Pd), the method including: an addition process of adding a metal adsorbent to a solution containing the metal; and an adsorption process of causing the metal to be adsorbed on the metal adsorbent, wherein the metal adsorbent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a cell and a cell-derived article of microorganism belonging to Cyanidiales, a processed article of the cell and the cell-derived article, and an artificial substance mitigating the cell, the cell-derived article, and the processed article, and wherein the solution is a nitric acid solution or a sulfuric acid solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Galdieria Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eri Adams, Kazuki Maeda, Chiharu Tokoro, Tatsuya Kato
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Publication number: 20240194948Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a non-aqueous electrosolvent and a lithium salt, wherein the non-aqueous solvent includes a carbonate solvent, the lithium salt contains a fluorine-containing cyclic sulfonylimide salt represented by general formula (1): (in the formula, Rf each may be the same or different and each represent a fluorine atom or a C4 or lower perfluoro group), and a fluorine-containing sulfonamide compound represented by general formula (2): H(CR2)m—SO2NHM2 (in the formula, R each may be the same or different and each are a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group, M2 is Li, Na, K, H, or NH4, and m is 1 or 2) is contained in an amount of 1,000 mass ppm or less relative to the total amount of non-aqueous electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Makoto Ito, Naoki Matsuoka, Kaishi Hori, Kazuki Maeda, Nobuyuki Uematsu
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Patent number: 11996544Abstract: Provided is a coin-shaped lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode plate which is a lithium complex oxide sintered plate; a negative electrode plate which is a titanium-containing sintered plate; a separator interposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; an electrolytic solution with which the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode, and the separator are impregnated; and an exterior body having a closed space, the closed space accommodating the positive electrode plate, the negative electrode plate, the separator, and the electrolytic solution, the lithium secondary battery having a thickness of 0.7 to 1.6 mm and a diameter of 10 to 20 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu Yura, Kazuki Maeda, Shunsuke Mizukami
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Publication number: 20240172337Abstract: A high-frequency heating apparatus includes a table, a high-frequency power generator, a transmission body, a radiation part, and an elevating drive mechanism. A heating target is to be placed on the table. The high-frequency power generator generates high-frequency power. The transmission body propagates the high-frequency power as surface waves. The radiation part is disposed on the transmission body and radiates the surface waves as high-frequency power. The elevating drive mechanism sets a distance between a top surface of the table or the heating target and the transmission body to not less than a predetermined distance so as to heat the heating target entirely by the high-frequency power. The elevating drive mechanism sets a distance between the top surface of the table or the heating target and the transmission body to not greater than the predetermined distance so as to partially brown the heating target by the surface waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: MASAYUKI KUBO, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, KAZUKI MAEDA
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Publication number: 20240127190Abstract: Provided is a work management device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating login to a system using a first terminal and an operation history of the first terminal occurring after login to the system, a specifying unit that specifies a non-operation period of a terminal from the operation history of the first terminal, and a calculation unit that calculates working hours including the non-operation period of the terminal according to a length of the non-operation period of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki MAEDA, Hiroko Imai, Mitsuhiro Nakayama
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Publication number: 20240127189Abstract: Provided is a work management device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating login to a system using a first terminal and an operation history of the first terminal occurring after login to the system, a specifying unit that specifies a non-operation period of a terminal from the operation history of the first terminal, and a calculation unit that calculates working hours including the non-operation period of the terminal according to a length of the non-operation period of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki MAEDA, Hiroko Imai, Mitsuhiro Nakayama
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Publication number: 20240121868Abstract: A microwave processing device of the present disclosure is provided with a heating chamber, a microwave generating unit, an amplifying unit, a power supply unit, a detecting unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The microwave generating unit generates microwave having an optional frequency in a predetermined frequency band. The amplifying unit amplifies an output level of the microwave. The power supply unit radiates the microwave amplified by the amplifying unit into the heating chamber as incident electric power. The detecting unit detects reflected electric power, which returns to the power supply unit from the heating chamber, from among the incident electric power. The control unit controls the microwave generating unit and the amplifying unit. The storage unit stores a value of the reflected electric power, together with a frequency of the microwave and an elapsed time from the start of heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, HIDEKI NAKAMURA, KAZUKI MAEDA, TAKASHI UNO
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Publication number: 20240112146Abstract: Provided is a work management device including an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating login to a system using a first terminal and an operation history of the first terminal occurring after login to the system, a specifying unit that specifies a non-operation period of a terminal from the operation history of the first terminal, and a calculation unit that calculates working hours including the non-operation period of the terminal according to a length of the non-operation period of the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: NEC CorporationInventors: Kazuki MAEDA, Hiroko IMAI, Mitsuhiro NAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20240055783Abstract: A power storage device includes a terminal cover mounted in a terminal base. The terminal cover includes a base portion attached to the terminal base, cover the terminal base, and have an opening exposing a terminal bolt; and a cover portion attached to the base portion and covering at least the opening. The base portion has a first wall and a second wall protruding in a second direction from the base portion and facing each other with a wiring sandwiched therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuro AONUMA, Hiromi UEDA, Shigeru FUKUDA, Kazuki MAEDA, Naoto MORISAKU
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Patent number: 11864314Abstract: The present invention relates to a patterned fiber substrate comprising: a fiber substrate; and a pattern consisting of a functional material and formed on the fiber substrate, wherein at least a part of the functional material that constitutes the pattern is present in inside of the fiber substrate, the fiber substrate has a contact angle of 100 to 170° with pure water on its surface, and the pattern has a narrowest line width of 1 to 3000 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: KURARAY CO., LTD., OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kohei Hayashi, Soichi Obata, Yasuhiro Shirotani, Masashi Nitani, Mayumi Uno, Kazuki Maeda