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: 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
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Publication number: 20230210116Abstract: An object is to provide a honeybee repellent for the prevention, in the use of pesticides applied on agricultural crops as well as controlling agents for exterminating carnivorous bees such as hornets and paper wasps, of damage inflicted on honeybees, the extermination of which is not intended by these agents. As a solution, a honeybee repellent is provided whose active ingredient comprises one or more types selected from tetradecane, furfuryl alcohol, cinnamyl alcohol, cinnamaldehyde, 3-methyl-2-butenal, methyl cinnamate, geranyl formate, allyl cyclohexanepropionate, isoquinoline, borneol, carvacrol, ?-dodecalactone, ß-ionone, quinoline, butylamine, and citronella oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Kazuki MAEDA, Ren ABE
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Publication number: 20230199923Abstract: A microwave treatment device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a heating chamber, a microwave generator, an amplifier, a feeder, a detector, a controller, and a storage. The microwave generator generates a microwave having an arbitrary frequency in a predetermined frequency band. The amplifier amplifies the microwave and outputs the amplified microwave as incident microwave power. The feeder supplies the incident microwave power to the heating chamber. The detector detects the incident microwave power and reflected microwave power that returns from the heating chamber to the feeder. The storage stores the incident microwave power and the reflected microwave power in association with the frequency of the microwave and time elapsed since the start of heating. The controller causes the microwave generator to execute a frequency sweep over the predetermined frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, CHIKAKO HOSOKAWA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, HIDEKI NAKAMURA, KAZUKI MAEDA, TAKASHI UNO
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Publication number: 20230052961Abstract: The high-frequency treatment device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a heating chamber that accommodates a heating target; an oscillator; at least one feeder; a detector; and a controller. The oscillator generates high-frequency power having an arbitrary frequency in a predetermined frequency band. At least one feeder supplies incident microwave power based on the high-frequency power to the heating chamber. The detector detects the incident microwave power and reflected microwave power returning from the heating chamber to at least one feeder. The controller causes the oscillator to execute a frequency sweep and measures a reflection characteristic based on the incident microwave power and the reflected microwave power for each heating condition including a frequency. The controller determines, based on a reflection variation range indicating a change in the reflection characteristic for each heating condition, a heating condition to be used next.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: YOSHIHARU OOMORI, DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, HIDEKI NAKAMURA, KAZUKI MAEDA, TAKASHI UNO
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Publication number: 20230047831Abstract: This high-frequency treatment device includes: a heating chamber configured to accommodate a heating target; a high-frequency power generator; a feeder; a detector; a controller; and a storage. The high-frequency power generator generates high-frequency power having a frequency in a predetermined frequency band. The feeder supplies incident microwave power corresponding to the high-frequency power to the heating chamber. The detector detects at least one of the incident microwave power and reflected microwave power that is included in the incident microwave power and returns from the heating chamber to the feeder. The controller controls heating of the heating target by controlling the high-frequency power generator. The storage stores, together with time elapsed from the start of heating, information detected by the detector. The controller causes the high-frequency power generator to repeatedly generate, on a per frequency basis, the high-frequency power having a plurality of frequencies for the heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: HIDEKI NAKAMURA, DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, KAZUKI MAEDA, TAKASHI UNO
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Publication number: 20220353960Abstract: A microwave treatment device comprises: a heating chamber that accommodates a heating target, a microwave generator that generates a microwave; a feeding unit that supplies the microwave to the heating chamber; a reflected microwave power detector that detects a reflected microwave power returned to the microwave generator; a controller that controls the microwave generator; and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a level of the reflected microwave power detected by the reflected microwave power detector together with a frequency of the microwave supplied to the heating chamber and an elapsed time after a start of heating the heating target. The controller causes the microwave generator to execute a frequency sweep over a specified frequency band and determines that the heating target is in a boiling state based on a temporal change in a value that is obtained based on the reflected microwave power at each frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, KAZUKI MAEDA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, KOJI YOSHINO, TAKASHI UNO, FUMITAKA OGASAWARA
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Publication number: 20220272958Abstract: An object is to provide a method for facilitating the delivery of a poison bait to a wasp nest and a method for destroying the wasp nest early. As a solution, a method for facilitating the delivery of a poison bait to a nest by a wasp, in which the poison bait has a sugar content (Brix) of 40 or more and less than 83, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Hiroyuki HONDA, Kazuki MAEDA, Ren ABE
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Publication number: 20220210877Abstract: A microwave treatment device comprises: a heating chamber that accommodates an object to be heated; a microwave generator that generates a microwave in a specified frequency band; an amplifier that amplifies the microwave; a feeding unit that supplies the amplified microwave to the heating chamber; a detector that detects a reflected microwave power; and a controller. The controller selects one of plural frequencies in the specified frequency band and causes the microwave generator to generate the microwave with the selected frequency. The controller causes the amplifier to change an output power of the microwave so that the microwave supplied to the heating chamber has one of plural output powers. The controller measures a reflected microwave frequency characteristic based on reflected microwave powers detected under each of a condition that the microwave has a first output power and a condition that the microwave has a second output power.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: YOSHIHARU OOMORI, DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, KOJI YOSHINO, KAZUKI MAEDA, TAKASHI UNO, MASAYOSHI HIRAMOTO, FUMITAKA OGASAWARA
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Publication number: 20220201813Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: KAZUKI MAEDA, DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI, KOJI YOSHINO, FUMITAKA OGASAWARA, TAKASHI UNO
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Publication number: 20220151227Abstract: An object is to provide a chemical agent that, when used on carnivorous wasps such as those belonging to the Vespidae family, instantly stops them from behaving normally, to prevent injuries caused by stings and bites. As a solution, a carnivorous wasp control agent is provided, which is characterized in that it contains, as an active ingredient, at least one type of compound selected from the group that consists of (a) cyclic monoterpene-based compounds, (b) chain monoterpene-based aldehyde compounds, (c) chain sesquiterpene-based compounds, (d) benzoic acid alkyl esters, (e) lactic acid alkyl esters, (f) octanols, and (g) phenylacetic acid esters.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Ren ABE, Kazuki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20220117083Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicants: KURARAY CO., LTD., OSAKA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kohei HAYASHI, Soichi OBATA, Yasuhiro SHIROTANI, Masashi NITANI, Mayumi UNO, Kazuki MAEDA
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Publication number: 20220086971Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: KAZUKI MAEDA, DAISUKE HOSOKAWA, YOSHIHARU OOMORI
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Patent number: 11178764Abstract: A flexible substrate and an electronic device having high flexibility as a whole including an element mounting portion and a connection terminal portion, and a production method of the electronic device are provided. The flexible substrate includes a flexible base, and a conductive wiring made of a conductive organic compound formed on the base, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part with another electronic member. Further, an electronic device 100 includes flexible bases 11 and 21, conductive wirings 13 and 23 made of a conductive organic compound formed on the bases, and electronic elements 12 and 22 connected to the conductive wirings, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part 30 with another substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: Pi-Crystal Incorporation, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Mayumi Uno, Kazuki Maeda, Masashi Nitani, Busang Cha, Junichi Takeya
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Patent number: 11147162Abstract: A flexible substrate and an electronic device having high flexibility as a whole including an element mounting portion and a connection terminal portion, and a production method of the electronic device are provided. The flexible substrate includes a flexible base, and a conductive wiring made of a conductive organic compound formed on the base, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part with another electronic member. Further, an electronic device 100 includes flexible bases 11 and 21, conductive wirings 13 and 23 made of a conductive organic compound formed on the bases, and electronic elements 12 and 22 connected to the conductive wirings, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part 30 with another substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: Pi-Crystal Incorporation, Osaka Research Institute of Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Mayumi Uno, Kazuki Maeda, Masashi Nitani, Busang Cha, Junichi Takeya
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Publication number: 20210296600Abstract: A flexible substrate and an electronic device having high flexibility as a whole including an element mounting portion and a connection terminal portion, and a production method of the electronic device are provided. The flexible substrate includes a flexible base, and a conductive wiring made of a conductive organic compound formed on the base, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part with another electronic member. Further, an electronic device 100 includes flexible bases 11 and 21, conductive wirings 13 and 23 made of a conductive organic compound formed on the bases, and electronic elements 12 and 22 connected to the conductive wirings, wherein part of the conductive wiring serves as a connection part 30 with another substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Mayumi UNO, Kazuki MAEDA, Masashi NITANI, Busang CHA, Junichi TAKEYA
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Publication number: 20210203024Abstract: A coin-type secondary cell for soldering by reflow method includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte layer, and a cell case. The cell case has an enclosed space in which the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the electrolyte layer are housed. The cell case includes a positive electrode can, a negative electrode can, and a gasket. The positive electrode can and the negative electrode can have plate thicknesses of 0.075 to 0.25 mm and are different in plate thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu YURA, Kazuki MAEDA, Akira URAKAWA
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Publication number: 20210203025Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu YURA, Kazuki MAEDA, Masanori TAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210184269Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Yukinobu YURA, Kazuki MAEDA, Shunsuke MIZUKAMI