Patents by Inventor Keisuke Mizutani

Keisuke Mizutani 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: 11878263
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter is configured to he disposed in an exhaust passage in a gasoline engine. The exhaust gas purification filter includes partition walls including a plurality of pores, a plurality of cells partitioned by the partition walls, and sealing portions alternately sealing ends of a plurality of the cells in the exhaust gas purification filter. The partition walls each have an average pore diameter of more than 16 ?m and less than 21 ?m, and have a ratio of an average surface opening diameter of the pores in a partition wall surface to the average pore diameter of the partition wall of 0.66 or more and 0.94 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizutani, Kazuhiko Koike, Mikio Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11840949
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a honeycomb structure part and sealing parts. The honeycomb structure part has a porous partition wall and a plurality of cells defined by the partition wall to form exhaust gas flow paths. The sealing parts seal alternately a gas inflow-side end face or a gas outflow-side end face of the cells. The exhaust gas purification filter includes fine pores with diameters of 10 ?m or less measured by the mercury intrusion method that account for 5% or more of all pores by volume in the honeycomb structure part. The partition wall has a plurality of communication pores communicating between the cells adjacent to the partition wall and has constricted communication pore of which a largest diameter ?1 and a smallest diameter ?2 satisfy relationships ?1?50, 100×?2/?1?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Koike, Keisuke Mizutani, Kana Asaoku
  • Publication number: 20220054978
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter comprises a base material part, a catalyst layer, and sealing parts. The base material part comprises porous partition walls. The catalyst layer is supported on pore walls of the partition walls. The partition walls supporting the catalyst layer comprise 10% or less of pores having a pore diameter of 50 ?m or more. In the pore diameter distribution in the partition walls supporting the catalyst layer, the pore diameter D50 at which the cumulative pore volume becomes 50% is 10 ?m or more. The pore diameter D50, and the pore diameter D10 at which the cumulative pore volume becomes 10%, satisfy the relationship of the following Expression 1. (D50?D10)/D50?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KOIKE, Keisuke MIZUTANI, Kana ASAOKU
  • Publication number: 20220047982
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter is configured to he disposed in an exhaust passage in a gasoline engine. The exhaust gas purification filter includes partition walls including a plurality of pores, a plurality of cells partitioned by the partition walls, and sealing portions alternately sealing ends of a plurality of the cells in the exhaust gas purification filter. The partition walls each have an average pore diameter of more than 16 ?m and less than 21 ?m, and have a ratio of an average surface opening diameter of the pores in a partition wall surface to the average pore diameter of the partition wall of 0.66 or more and 0.94 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke MIZUTANI, Kazuhiko KOIKE, Mikio ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220018273
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification filter includes a honeycomb structure part and sealing parts. The honeycomb structure part has a porous partition wall and a plurality of cells defined by the partition wall to form exhaust gas flow paths. The sealing parts seal alternately a gas inflow-side end face or a gas outflow-side end face of the cells. The exhaust gas purification filter includes fine pores with diameters of 10 ?m or less measured by the mercury intrusion method that account for 5% or more of all pores by volume in the honeycomb structure part. The partition wall has a plurality of communication pores communicating between the cells adjacent to the partition wall and has constricted communication pore of which a largest diameter ?1 and a smallest diameter ?2 satisfy relationships ?1?50, 100×?2/?1?20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KOIKE, Keisuke MIZUTANI, Kana ASAOKU
  • Patent number: 11209388
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas sensor capable of suppressing a variation of a sensor output by a sensor cell to be small. A sensor element of a gas sensor comprises a first solid electrolyte body and a second solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a measured gas chamber into which the measured gas is introduced, a first reference gas chamber and a second reference gas chamber into which reference gas is introduced, a first pump cell, a second pump cell, a sensor cell, and a heater. A value obtained by dividing a first average cross-sectional area of the first reference gas chamber by the first length is larger than the value obtained by dividing the second average cross-sectional area of the second reference gas chamber by the second length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizutani, Keigo Mizutani, Shota Hagino, Mitsunobu Nakato, Takashi Araki
  • Patent number: 11000966
    Abstract: A horizontal multistage press apparatus 1 (multistage drying apparatus) includes conveyance paths R1 to R4 (first to fourth conveyance paths) in which the veneer sheet W1 (sheet material to be treated) is carried out in a standing state. The conveyance path R1 is positioned over between the loader device 10 and the hot press device 20, the conveyance path R2 is positioned over between the hot press device 20 and the open transpiration device 40, the conveyance path R3 is positioned over between the open transpiration device 40 and the temperature control press device 50, and the conveyance path R4 is positioned over between the temperature control press device 50 and the unloader device 60. The conveyance paths R1 to R4 are arranged in a straight line in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Taihei Machinery Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Ishiguro, Keisuke Mizutani, Wataru Kato, Noriyuki Sato, Kazuya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 10946369
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure body has a skin part of a cylindrical shape and a honeycomb structural part formed with the skin part together in a monolithic body. The skin part and the honeycomb structural part have partition walls of a porous structure. The cells have first cells arranged adjacent to the skin part and second cells arranged adjacent to the first cells. The skin part, the first cells and the second cells form an outer peripheral section. A central section is arranged inside the outer peripheral section. The honeycomb structure body satisfies a relationship in which a thermal expansion coefficient of the outer peripheral section is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Koike, Keisuke Mizutani, Hiroaki Kayama
  • Patent number: 10934958
    Abstract: An air-fuel ratio detection device 1, 1? comprises: a sensor element 2, 2? including a sensor cell 10; a voltage application circuit 40, 40? applying voltage to the sensor cell; a current detector 42, 42? detecting an output current of the sensor cell; an air-fuel ratio calculating part 61 configured to calculate an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas; and a parameter detecting part 62 configured to detect or calculate a temperature correlation parameter correlated with a temperature of the sensor element. The air-fuel ratio calculating part is configured to calculate the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas based on the temperature correlation parameter and the output current detected when a predetermined voltage is applied to the sensor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Wakao, Keiichiro Aoki, Keisuke Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10895553
    Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor improving accuracy of detection of specific gas in measurement gas, while maintaining high responsiveness in detection of the specific gas. A sensor element of a gas sensor includes a first solid electrolyte and second solid electrolyte having oxygen ionic conductivity, a measurement gas chamber into which measurement gas is introduced, a first reference gas chamber and second reference gas chamber into which reference gas is introduced, a first pump cell, a second pump cell, a sensor cell, and a heater. The sensor cell detects a specific gas component in the measurement gas having an oxygen concentration adjusted by the pump cells. The heater is located opposite to a second principal surface of the second solid electrolyte on which the sensor cell is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizutani, Keigo Mizutani, Mitsunobu Nakato, Takashi Araki
  • Patent number: 10890552
    Abstract: A gas sensor includes a pump cell unit that regulates the oxygen concentration of a measured gas using a pump electrode, a monitor cell unit that detects the residual oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a monitor electrode, and a sensor cell unit that detects the concentration of a specific gas component in the measured gas using a sensor electrode. Between a pump electrode lead part and the sensor electrode, there is arranged the monitor electrode. Between an upstream portion of the pump electrode lead part and a monitor electrode lead part, there is provided an interval w1 of 0.5 mm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Mizutani, Keisuke Mizutani, Mitsunobu Nakato, Takashi Araki
  • Publication number: 20200306743
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure body has a skin part of a cylindrical shape and a honeycomb structural part formed with the skin part together in a monolithic body. The skin part and the honeycomb structural part have partition walls of a porous structure. The cells have first cells arranged adjacent to the skin part and second cells arranged adjacent to the first cells. The skin part, the first cells and the second cells form an outer peripheral section. A central section is arranged inside the outer peripheral section. The honeycomb structure body satisfies a relationship in which a thermal expansion coefficient of the outer peripheral section is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the central section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuhiko KOIKE, Keisuke MIZUTANI, Hiroaki KAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10788448
    Abstract: A gas sensor which can improve an accuracy in detecting a specific gas component by properly correcting for the influence of residual oxygen is provided. The gas sensor includes a solid electrolyte plate, a measured gas chamber into which a measured gas flows, a pump cell which adjusts an oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a pump electrode, a monitor cell which detects a residual oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a monitor electrode, and a sensor cell which detects a specific gas component concentration of the measured gas using a sensor electrode. The maximum thickness of the sensor electrode is greater than the maximum thickness of the monitor electrode, and the difference between the maximum thickness of the sensor electrode and the maximum thickness of the monitor electrode is between 4 ?m and 30 ?m, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Mizutani, Keisuke Mizutani, Mitsunobu Nakato, Takashi Araki
  • Patent number: 10648634
    Abstract: A two-color molded lens includes: a lens body portion and a lens peripheral wall portion that rises toward an inner surface side of the two-color molded lens from a peripheral edge portion of the lens peripheral wall portion. The two-color molded lens is provided with a hard coating film on an outer surface thereof and an anti-fogging coating film on the inner surface thereof. The primary molded product is formed to wrap around from the lens body portion, the secondary molded product is formed to wrap around from the lens peripheral wall portion, a joining surface between the primary molded product and the secondary molded product is positioned on the lens body portion, and a corner R is set to a value of R0.2 mm or less in the primary molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizutani, Kenta Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10634640
    Abstract: A gas sensor includes a sensor element having a measuring electrode and a reference electrode, a housing accommodating the sensor element, and an element cover including an inner cover having an inner side wall section and an inner bottom wall section, and an outer cover having an outer side wall section and an outer bottom wall section. Inner side surface holes and outer side surface holes are formed in the inner side wall section and the outer side wall section. Inner bottom surface holes and outer bottom surface holes are formed in the inner bottom wall section and the outer bottom wall section. The ratio of the total surface area of the outer side surface holes with respect to the total surface area of the inner bottom surface holes is 8 to 47. The total surface area of the inner side surface holes is 2 to 8 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Mizutani, Nobuyuki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20190383768
    Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor improving accuracy of detection of specific gas in measurement gas, while maintaining high responsiveness in detection of the specific gas. A sensor element of a gas sensor includes a first solid electrolyte and second solid electrolyte having oxygen ionic conductivity, a measurement gas chamber into which measurement gas is introduced, a first reference gas chamber and second reference gas chamber into which reference gas is introduced, a first pump cell, a second pump cell, a sensor cell, and a heater. The sensor cell detects a specific gas component in the measurement gas having an oxygen concentration adjusted by the pump cells. The heater is located opposite to a second principal surface of the second solid electrolyte on which the sensor cell is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke MIZUTANI, Keigo MIZUTANI, Mitsunobu NAKATO, Takashi ARAKI
  • Publication number: 20190345889
    Abstract: An air-fuel ratio detection device 1, 1? comprises: a sensor element 2, 2? including a sensor cell 10; a voltage application circuit 40, 40? applying voltage to the sensor cell; a current detector 42, 42? detecting an output current of the sensor cell; an air-fuel ratio calculating part 61 configured to calculate an air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas; and a parameter detecting part 62 configured to detect or calculate a temperature correlation parameter correlated with a temperature of the sensor element. The air-fuel ratio calculating part is configured to calculate the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas based on the temperature correlation parameter and the output current detected when a predetermined voltage is applied to the sensor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro WAKAO, Keiichiro AOKI, Keisuke MIZUTANI
  • Patent number: 10436183
    Abstract: A plasma accelerating apparatus includes: a cathode (11) configured to supply electrons to a plasma acceleration region; an anode (12); a power supply (13) configured to apply a voltage between the cathode and the anode; a supply port (14) arranged on an outer circumference side of the cathode to supply a propellant to the plasma acceleration region; and a first magnetic field generator (15) configured to generate a first axial direction magnetic field in the upstream side region of the plasma acceleration region to suppress electrons supplied from the cathode from heading for the anode. Thus, the plasma accelerating apparatus and the plasma accelerating method having high thrust efficiency is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takuya Yamazaki, Matsutaka Sasahara, Tomoji Iwasaki, Masaaki Yasui, Akihiro Sasoh, Akira Iwakawa, Daisuke Ichihara, Keisuke Mizutani
  • Patent number: 10387084
    Abstract: A control method for an information processing apparatus that performs wireless communication with a communication apparatus includes receiving, via a communication in a state in which pairing between the communication apparatus and the information processing apparatus is complete, predetermined information transmitted from the communication apparatus in a case where the communication apparatus is in a predetermined error state, and causes a display unit to display a screen for eliminating an error occurring in the communication apparatus, wherein, in a case where the pairing is complete, a screen including first information for eliminating the predetermined error state is displayed based on the received predetermined information, and, in a case where the pairing is not complete, a screen including second information different from the first information is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Keisuke Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20190227027
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas sensor capable of suppressing a variation of a sensor output by a sensor cell to be small. A sensor element of a gas sensor comprises a first solid electrolyte body and a second solid electrolyte body having oxygen ion conductivity, a measured gas chamber into which the measured gas is introduced, a first reference gas chamber and a second reference gas chamber into which reference gas is introduced, a first pump cell, a second pump cell, a sensor cell, and a heater. A value obtained by dividing a first average cross-sectional area of the first reference gas chamber by the first length is larger than the value obtained by dividing the second average cross-sectional area of the second reference gas chamber by the second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Keisuke MIZUTANI, Keigo MIZUTANI, Shota HAGINO, Mitsunobu NAKATO, Takashi ARAKI