Patents by Inventor Kazuya Murata

Kazuya Murata 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: 20220243041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to provision of a tire in which both high mechanical strength and excellent ozone crack resistance are made compatible with each other and a rubber composition capable of producing the tire. The rubber composition contains a rubber component including a diene-based rubber, a hydroquinone compound having one alkyl group having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and an amine-based anti-aging agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya MURATA
  • Patent number: 11374141
    Abstract: A solar cell assembly includes a plurality of solar cells and an inter-cell region provided between adjacent ones of the solar cells included in the plurality of solar cells. Each of the solar cells and the inter-cell region includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type and having a first main surface and a second main surface that face away from each other; a first amorphous semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type and being provided on a first main surface side of the semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer provided on part of the first amorphous semiconductor layer; and a first transparent conductive film provided on the first amorphous semiconductor layer so as to cover the insulating layer. In a plan view of the solar cell assembly, the insulating layer is provided along the inter-cell region and partially overlapping the inter-cell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sakuma, Kazuya Murata, Masayuki Katagiri, Akiyoshi Ogane, Akinao Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20200313020
    Abstract: A solar cell assembly includes a plurality of solar cells and an inter-cell region provided between adjacent ones of the solar cells included in the plurality of solar cells. Each of the solar cells and the inter-cell region includes: a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type and having a first main surface and a second main surface that face away from each other; a first amorphous semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type and being provided on a first main surface side of the semiconductor substrate; an insulating layer provided on part of the first amorphous semiconductor layer; and a first transparent conductive film provided on the first amorphous semiconductor layer so as to cover the insulating layer. In a plan view of the solar cell assembly, the insulating layer is provided along the inter-cell region and partially overlapping the inter-cell region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SAKUMA, Kazuya MURATA, Masayuki KATAGIRI, Akiyoshi OGANE, Akinao KITAHARA
  • Patent number: 10633358
    Abstract: The present invention provides a T-type calcium channel inhibitor which is a compound represented by formula (1), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this compound or a solvate of this compound. The present invention also provides: this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; a pharmaceutical product containing this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; and a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for diseases, the effective action of which is a T-type calcium channel inhibitory action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: KINKI UNIVERSITY, FUSO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsufumi Kawabata, Hideaki Matsuda, Fumiko Sekiguchi, Kazuya Murata, Hiroyuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10336138
    Abstract: As a rubber composition excellent in fatigue resistance and a method for producing the same, this disclosure provides a rubber composition containing a zinc oxide, wherein: a total volume of aggregates of the zinc oxide with a diameter of 20 ?m or more is 0.008 or less in the rubber composition by volume fraction; and a method for producing the rubber composition, comprising: preparing a wet masterbatch by using a carbon black with a surface average acidic functional group amount (?eq/m2) of 0.15 or more and less than 3.00, preferably 0.40 or more and less than 1.50; and compounding a zinc oxide with the wet masterbatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Maruyama, Kazuya Murata, Seiichi Kato, Tomokatsu Ikuta
  • Patent number: 10295851
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kubota, Kentaro Kojima, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe, Shosaku Ikeda, Kazuya Murata
  • Patent number: 10175513
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kubota, Kentaro Kojima, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe, Shosaku Ikeda, Kazuya Murata
  • Patent number: 10175512
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kubota, Kentaro Kojima, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe, Shosaku Ikeda, Kazuya Murata
  • Publication number: 20180180916
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180129088
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180129089
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180065947
    Abstract: The present invention provides a T-type calcium channel inhibitor which is a compound represented by formula (1), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this compound or a solvate of this compound. The present invention also provides: this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; a pharmaceutical product containing this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; and a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for diseases, the effective action of which is a T-type calcium channel inhibitory action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Atsufumi KAWABATA, Hideaki MATSUDA, Fumiko SEKIGUCHI, Kazuya MURATA, Hiroyuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9897834
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kubota, Kentaro Kojima, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe, Shosaku Ikeda, Kazuya Murata
  • Publication number: 20170368876
    Abstract: As a rubber composition excellent in fatigue resistance and a method for producing the same, this disclosure provides a rubber composition containing a zinc oxide, wherein: a total volume of aggregates of the zinc oxide with a diameter of 20 ?m or more is 0.008 or less in the rubber composition by volume fraction; and a method for producing the rubber composition, comprising: preparing a wet masterbatch by using a carbon black with a surface average acidic functional group amount (?eq/m2) of 0.15 or more and less than 3.00, preferably 0.40 or more and less than 1.50; and compounding a zinc oxide with the wet masterbatch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki MARUYAMA, Kazuya MURATA, Seiichi KATO, Tomokatsu IKUTA
  • Publication number: 20170269415
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device includes an optical sensor that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet, a substrate having the optical sensor thereon, and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor. The front surface of the tubular cushion is bonded to the reflection sheet, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: EIZO Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160116777
    Abstract: Provided is an optical sensor mounting structure which is used in an image display device and in which the gap between a reflection sheet and a tubular cushion for preventing the entry of external light into an optical sensor is eliminated so that the amount of light from a backlight can be measured accurately. A liquid crystal image display device 1 includes an optical sensor 12 that measures light from the back surface of a reflection sheet 104, a substrate 11 having the optical sensor 12 thereon, and a tubular cushion 13 for preventing the entry of external light into the optical sensor 12. The front surface of the tubular cushion 13 is bonded to the reflection sheet 104, and the back surface thereof is bonded to the substrate 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Masaru KUBOTA, Kentaro KOJIMA, Katsuhiko MATSUNAMI, Naoshi ISOBE, Shosaku IKEDA, Kazuya MURATA
  • Publication number: 20160096815
    Abstract: The present invention provides a T-type calcium channel inhibitor which is a compound represented by formula (1), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of this compound or a solvate of this compound. The present invention also provides: this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; a pharmaceutical product containing this T-type calcium channel inhibitor; and a therapeutic agent or prophylactic agent for diseases, the effective action of which is a T-type calcium channel inhibitory action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Atsufumi KAWABATA, Hideaki MATSUDA, Fumiko SEKIGUCHI, Kazuya MURATA, Hiroyuki NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9209498
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes electrical storage elements (11); and spacers (13) arranged alternately with the electrical storage elements (11). Each of the spacers (13) includes an opposing surface that faces the adjacent electrical storage element (11), plural ribs that form cooling medium passages for a cooling medium flowing along the opposing surface, a side surface that is located on a side of end portions of the cooling medium passages, and a leg portion that protrudes from the side surface and supports the spacer (13). An upper surface of the leg portion includes a first inclined portion that extends in a manner such that a distance between the first inclined portion and the side surface increases in a direction toward a bottom surface of the leg portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Murata
  • Patent number: 8838342
    Abstract: A mobile body capable of improving the accuracy of collision judgment. The mobile body including a fuel cell system has a first sensor which detects a physical quantity concerning the moving state of the mobile body, a second sensor which detects a physical quantity concerning the operation state of the fuel cell system, and a judgment section which receives detection signals from the first and second sensors to judge the presence of the collision of the mobile body based on the two detection signals. The judgment section can change a threshold value to be compared with the detected value of the first sensor in accordance with the detected value of the second sensor, to judge the presence of the collision of the mobile body. The first sensor can be constituted of an acceleration sensor, and the second sensor can be constituted of a gas pressure sensor or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuya Murata, Tomoaki Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20140205876
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes electrical storage elements (11); and spacers (13) arranged alternately with the electrical storage elements (11). Each of the spacers (13) includes an opposing surface that faces the adjacent electrical storage element (11), plural ribs that form cooling medium passages for a cooling medium flowing along the opposing surface, a side surface that is located on a side of end portions of the cooling medium passages, and a leg portion that protrudes from the side surface and supports the spacer (13). An upper surface of the leg portion includes a first inclined portion that extends in a manner such that a distance between the first inclined portion and the side surface increases in a direction toward a bottom surface of the leg portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuya Murata