Patents by Inventor Keisuke Kubota
Keisuke Kubota 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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Patent number: 11799226Abstract: A wire with terminal includes a wire and a terminal. The wire includes a conductor and a coating. The wire includes a conductor exposed portion in which an outer peripheral surface of the conductor is exposed. The terminal includes an insulation barrel for holding the coating, and a wire barrel to be connected to the conductor exposed portion in front of the insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on one side in a width direction toward the other side to cover an outer periphery of the conductor exposed portion and an other-side wire barrel piece extending from an end part of the wire barrel base portion on the other side to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece on the other side.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20230323073Abstract: A carbon black wherein a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA) is 25 to 60 m2/g, a DBP absorption number is 90 to 180 cm3/100 g, a ratio of the nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA) to an iodine adsorption number (IA) (N2SA/IA) is 1.10×103 to 1.50×103 m2/g, a hydrogen content by NMR is 150 to 250 /g, and ?D is 260 to 290 cm?1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro SAKAKIBARA, Yuki KUBOTA, Keisuke OSAMURA
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Publication number: 20230304814Abstract: A power transfer method between vehicles that are traveling and power transfer devices in a non-contact manner includes acquiring, for each of the vehicles, a traveling plan for a specific vehicle among the vehicles, estimating a power change amount according to power consumption or power regeneration of the specific vehicle that is traveling based on the traveling plan, and setting a power transfer amount between the specific vehicle and a corresponding power transfer device such that the power transfer amount corresponds to the power change amount. The corresponding power transfer device is a device corresponding to the specific vehicle among the power transfer devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Patent number: 11764519Abstract: A terminal includes a wire barrel and an insulation barrel. The wire barrel includes a wire barrel base portion, a one-side wire barrel piece and an other-side wire barrel piece to be laid on an outer periphery of the one-side wire barrel piece. The insulation barrel includes an insulation barrel base portion connected to and behind the wire barrel base portion, a one-side insulation barrel piece for covering one side of an outer periphery of a coating and an other-side insulation barrel piece for covering the other side of the outer periphery of the coating. Tips of the respective one-side and other-side insulation barrel pieces are locked to the coating of a wire on a side closer to the other side than a center in a width direction of the insulation barrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20230278451Abstract: A power supply system includes power supply equipment and a vehicle management device. The power supply equipment is configured to be supplied with electric power from an external power supply and supply the electric power to a vehicle traveling in a power supply lane. The vehicle management device is configured to manage a plurality of vehicles configured to transfer electric power to and from the power supply equipment. The vehicle management device is configured to select balancing vehicles to be controlled for power balancing of the external power supply. The vehicle management device is configured to, when the vehicle management device determines that the control of any of the balancing vehicles for power balancing of the external power supply has been stopped halfway through, select a substitute vehicle to be controlled for power balancing of the external power supply from the vehicles traveling in the power supply lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Patent number: 11749911Abstract: A connector 10 includes an inner conductor terminal 11, an outer conductor terminal 13 for covering an outer periphery of the inner conductor terminal 11, and a dielectric 12 arranged between the inner conductor terminal 11 and the outer conductor terminal 13. The inner conductor terminal 11 includes a tubular terminal body 20 extending in a front-rear direction and projections (e.g. front projections 21 and rear projections 22) provided on the terminal body and to be locked to the dielectric 12. A plurality of the projections are provided at an interval in the front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka
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Patent number: 11742111Abstract: An end structure of a shielded cable 10 includes a core 11, an insulator 12 for covering the core 11, a foil 13 for covering the insulator 12, a braided wire 14 for covering the foil 13, a sheath 15 for covering the braided wire 14 and a sleeve 17 arranged between the braided wire 14 and the foil 13 exposed from an end part of the sheath 15. The end part of the sheath 15 and the sleeve 17 are separated from each other to form a clearance 50.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka, Shinobu Wakahara
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Publication number: 20230246448Abstract: A vehicle is configured to participate in demand response used for adjusting a power supply and demand balance in a power system. The vehicle includes a power accumulation device, a power transfer device that enables power transfer in one of a first, a second, and a third method, and a control device that controls the power transfer device. The first method enables power to be transferred through a power cable between the power accumulation device and an outside of the vehicle. The second method enables power to be transferred in a non-contact manner while the vehicle is stopped. The third method enables power to be transferred in the non-contact manner while the vehicle is traveling. When the vehicle participates in the demand response, the control device selects a method in a preferential order of the first, the second, and the third method and execute the power transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230246447Abstract: A server manages plural vehicles each configured to be able to participate in a DR. A first vehicle is able to transmit power through a power cable. A second vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while being stationary. A third vehicle is able to transmit power in a non-contact manner while traveling. The server includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device is able to transmit a DR signal to each of the vehicles. The processing device selects a target vehicle, to which the DR signal is to be transmitted, from the vehicles in accordance with the priority degree for participation in the DR. The processing device sets the priority degree of the first vehicle to be higher than that of the second vehicle, and sets the priority degree of the second vehicle to be higher than that of the third vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230226923Abstract: A server configured to communicate with a first vehicle and a second vehicle, each of the first vehicle and the second vehicle including a power storage device configured to be charged by wirelessly receiving electric power from a power transmission device arranged on a road during traveling, the server includes: a storage device that stores information on a power shortage area; and a processor configured to: acquire a destination of the first vehicle and a destination of the second vehicle; and limit a charging operation for the second vehicle when the destination of the first vehicle is included in the power shortage area stored in the storage device, the destination of the second vehicle is not included in the power shortage area, and the first vehicle is charged on the road.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230226939Abstract: A power supply system includes: a power supply facility configured to receive power supply from an external power source and execute power supply to a vehicle traveling in a traveling lane; and a vehicle management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of vehicles configured to use the power supply facility, select adjustment vehicles used for power adjustment of the external power source from among the plurality of vehicles, and when any one of the selected adjustment vehicles has reached a predetermined position in the traveling lane, release the one of the adjustment vehicles that has reached the predetermined position from the power adjustment of the external power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230219443Abstract: A server includes a processor and a communication device configured to acquire a transmitted power amount transmitted from a power facility during external charging of a vehicle participating in a DR. The processor is configured to calculate, when a plurality of vehicles participates in the DR, a standard reward that is a standard of a reward given from an aggregator to each of the vehicles, according to the transmitted power amount, decide, when a first vehicle participates in the DR, a first reward that is a reward given from the aggregator to the first vehicle, such that the first reward becomes the standard reward for the first vehicle, and decide, when a second vehicle participates in the DR, a second reward that is a reward given from the aggregator to the second vehicle, such that the second reward becomes higher than the standard reward for the second vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230219448Abstract: A power management system includes a vehicle and a charging or discharging lane. The charging or discharging lane configured to execute at least one of charging or discharging of the vehicle in a non-contact manner. The vehicle is configured to acquire contract contents including a charging or discharging amount and a charging or discharging period. The vehicle is configured to execute the contract contents in a charging or discharging lane that is different from electric vehicle supply equipment set in the contract contents and is reachable before the charging or discharging period when the vehicle is predicted to, before a start of the charging or discharging period, be unable to execute the contract contents in the set electric vehicle supply equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230219447Abstract: A power supply system includes power supply equipment and a vehicle management device. The power supply equipment is configured to be supplied with electric power from an external power supply and supply the electric power to a vehicle traveling in a travel lane. The vehicle management device is configured to manage vehicles configured to use the power supply equipment, and perform vehicle selection in which the vehicle management device selects a balancing vehicle from the vehicles. The vehicle management device is configured to (i) select vehicles remaining after excluding first x vehicles and last y vehicles from a vehicle group traveling in the travel lane as selection candidates and (ii) select at least one of the selection candidates as the balancing vehicle in the vehicle selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato EHARA, Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yuki TAKAHASHI, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Tomoyuki KUBOTA, Sachio TOYORA, Keisuke FUKUOKA, Zidan XU, Wenfeng LIANG, Hiroki MURATA
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Publication number: 20230208086Abstract: Provided is a terminal fitting and a connector with which the amount of insertion of the terminal fitting into a housing can be easily controlled. A terminal fitting includes: a tubular connection portion (41); a locking protrusion (51) that is provided so as to protrude from an outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to be locked to a groove (66) provided in a housing (60); and a contact-stopper protrusion (55) that is provided on the outer circumferential surface side of the tubular connection portion (41) so as to protrude from mating edges (49) that abut against each other in a circumferential direction thereof in the tubular connection portion (41), and is configured to come into contact with the housing (60) and stop in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Shohei MITSUI, Norihito HASHIMOTO, Motoki KUBOTA, Keisuke KANEMURA, Wataru YAMANAKA, Yusuke ITO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20220333342Abstract: In the hydraulic excavator, the control unit outputs the drive signals, which gives the motion corresponding to the motion of the hydraulic cylinder, the revolving motor of the revolving unit and the traveling device to the work implement operating lever, the right work implement operating lever and the traveling lever, to the drive section. The control section outputs the control signals based on the motion of the left work implement operating lever the right work implement operating lever or the traveling lever operated by the operator when the motion of the left work implement operating lever, the right work implement operating lever or the traveling lever operated by the operator is different from the motion corresponding to the motion of the hydraulic cylinder, the revolving motor of the revolving unit and the traveling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Masashi KATOH, Yuuki KOBAYASHI, Keisuke KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20220316179Abstract: A work vehicle includes an operating lever configured to operate a work implement, an actuator configured to move the operating lever, and a control section configured to control the actuator to move the operating lever to a retreat position outside an operation range of the operating lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Masashi KATOH, Yuuki KOBAYASHI, Keisuke KUBOTA
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Publication number: 20220300025Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle main body, a work implement attached to the vehicle main body, an operating lever configured to operate the work implement, an imparting section configured to impart force to the operating lever, an acceleration detection section configured to detect acceleration of the vehicle main body, and a control section configured to control the imparting section to automatically adjust a magnitude of the force imparted to the operating lever based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Masashi KATOH, Yuuki KOBAYASHI, Keisuke KUBOTA
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Patent number: 10481530Abstract: A separation member that is used to separate a conveyance object from two rotation members, the conveyance object having been sent out from a nip that is formed by the two rotation members that are in contact with one another, the separation member includes a wavy part directed toward the nip and inclined from a normal to a center line of the two rotation members at a predetermined angle. The wavy part covers a contact zone where the conveyance object can come into contact with the separation member along a conveyance direction and along a width direction of the conveyance object, and the wavy part has a plurality of depressions parallel to each other and extending in a direction inclined from the conveyance direction and inclined from the width direction, at least two of the depressions overlapping along the conveyance direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Seiji Saitoh, Keisuke Kubota, Masami Okamoto, Kenji Nozawa, Fumihiro Hirose, Kensuke Yamaji, Shuutaroh Yuasa, Yuuki Kikushima, Kaori Hemmi, Yuuta Kanda
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Patent number: 10394169Abstract: A fixing device includes a tubular rotator and a first heater disposed inside the tubular rotator and extended in a longitudinal direction of the first heater. The first heater heats the tubular rotator. A second heater is disposed inside the tubular rotator and extended in a longitudinal direction of the second heater. The second heater heats the tubular rotator. A heating adjuster is interposed between the first heater and the second heater. The heating adjuster adjusts heat conduction from the first heater to the second heater. A joint combines the heating adjuster with the second heater.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Fumihiro Hirose, Keisuke Kubota, Masami Okamoto, Jun Ogino, Kensuke Yamaji, Shuutaroh Yuasa, Yuuta Kanda