Patents by Inventor Kenji Arai

Kenji Arai 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: 20190207189
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer capable of forming a functional layer for a non-aqueous secondary battery that has excellent adhesiveness after immersion in electrolyte solution and can cause a non-aqueous secondary battery to display excellent cycle characteristics and output characteristics. The composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery functional layer contains organic particles and a binder for a functional layer. The organic particles have an electrolyte solution elution amount of at least 0.001 mass % and not more than 5.0 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji ARAI, Keiichiro TANAKA, Kazuki ASAI
  • Publication number: 20180327639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer which comprises organic particles and a binder, wherein the organic particles comprise molecules having a weight-average molecular weight of 100 to 10,000, and a weight fraction of the molecules in the organic particles is 1% to 40%. Also disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer prepared by using the composition. Further disclosed is a non-aqueous secondary battery which comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolysis solution, wherein at least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator comprises the non-aqueous secondary battery adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichiro TANAKA, Yutaka MARUHASHI, Kei OURA, Kenji ARAI
  • Publication number: 20180290679
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technology capable of easily mounting a battery into a battery-driven machine. A solution is a battery-equipped carriage (12) which is loaded into or unloaded from a storage (20) in a battery-driven machine (14). The battery-equipped carriage (12) includes: a chassis (24); and a front wheel caster (26) and a rear wheel caster (28) which respectively support a front part and a rear part of the chassis (24) with respect to a ground (G). Here, the front part of the chassis (24) is positioned to be higher than the rear part of the chassis (24) with respect to the ground (G) such that the chassis (24) is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kenji ARAI, Shigeru OBINATA, Eiji GOZU, Kiyoshi TODOROKI, Seiichi YUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180242444
    Abstract: A circuit board device includes: a printed wiring board; an IC chip provided on an obverse surface of the board and having at least one ground terminal; and a wiring pattern, disposed on the board, for providing a ground potential to the ground terminal of the IC chip. The wiring pattern is disposed on a reverse surface of the printed wiring board. The circuit board device has at least one via that is connected to the wiring pattern and passes through the printed wiring board at a position within a region where the IC chip is mounted on the obverse surface of the printed wiring board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: LAPIS Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro TODA, Kenji ARAI, Manabu MIYAZAWA, Kenichiro NAGATOMO, Touru UENO, Tsuguto MARUKO, Hirofumi OGAWA, Tetsuo OOMORI
  • Patent number: 10057677
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a driver, a diaphragm 13 driven to vibrate by the driver and emitting sound, a baffle 22 holding the driver and the diaphragm 13, first openings 25 extending through the baffle 22, an acoustic resistor 23 disposed on the back side of the baffle 22, and second openings 26 extending from the front side to the back side of the acoustic resistor 23. The baffle 22 is provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13. The first openings 25 are provided in the baffle 22. The second openings 26 are each disposed above one of the first openings 25 in the acoustic resistor 23. The electroacoustic transducer exhibits an excellent frequency response even if a sufficient volume of a space is not provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA AUDIO-TECHNICA
    Inventors: Yoji Honda, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Koichiro Tanoue, Kenji Arai
  • Patent number: 10032324
    Abstract: An air bag ECU includes an ECU communication unit communicating with an external sensor (for example, a front right acceleration sensor) and a faulty sensor mount determination unit determining whether a faulty sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before is connected to the air bag ECU based on failure history data indicating whether the external sensor has been diagnosed as being faulty before. The faulty sensor mount determination unit compares identification data recorded in, for example, a faulty sensor ID recording unit, for individually identifying an external sensor having been diagnosed as being faulty before with the identification data of the external sensor connected to the air bag ECU and determines whether a faulty sensor is connected to the air bag ECU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Bosch Corporation
    Inventors: Ryojiro Akanuma, Kenji Arai, Keisuke Matsuura
  • Patent number: 9912003
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes: a cell stack structure formed by stacking a plurality of cells; a pair of current collectors; a pair of end members; and a fastener band wrapped around a cell stack formed by stacking the cell stack structure, the pair of current collectors, and the pair of end members. Each of the pair of end members includes a plurality of plate members. The plate members have a same arched shape in which a height from a surface to contacting a corresponding one of the pair of current collectors gradually increases toward a center portion from both ends, and are disposed in parallel while being apart from each other in a width direction of the fastener band. Adjacent plate members are coupled to each other through a bendable coupling member at part of facing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Mitsuo Yoshimura, Kenji Arai, Kozue Kuniyoshi
  • Publication number: 20180051806
    Abstract: A combined oil ring in which carbon sludge and the like are not deposited between side rails and a spacer expander even if an internal combustion engine is operated for a long period of time. The combined oil ring includes an outer circumferential end portion of a space forming part and a continuous part that are closed and not open toward the outer circumferential side, thereby reducing carbon sludge deposits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuyuki MURATA, Kenji ARAI, Ryosuke KAMATA, Hideshi HITOSUGI, Kazutomo TAKAHASHI, Toru TSUKUI
  • Patent number: 9872098
    Abstract: A wiring structure is provided for an electroacoustic transducer directly converting digital signals from a single sound source to sound waves without conversion to analog signals. The structure includes a diaphragm, and a plurality of voice coils fixed to the diaphragm. The voice coils are connected to respective cables each consisting of a stranded pair of positive and negative input lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Koichiro Tanoue, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Yoji Honda, Kenji Arai
  • Patent number: 9800976
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a driver, a diaphragm 13 driven to vibrate by the driver and emitting sound, a baffle 21 holding the diaphragm 13, first apertures 25 extending from the front surface to the rear surface of the baffle 21, and a first acoustic resistor 22 disposed on the front surface of the baffle so as to cover the first apertures. The electroacoustic transducer includes a plurality of sound paths for guiding the sound generated by the diaphragm 13 to the rear surface of the baffle 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Yoji Honda, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Koichiro Tanoue, Kenji Arai
  • Patent number: 9794682
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a driver, a diaphragm 13 driven to vibrate by the driver and emitting sound, a baffle 22 holding the driver and the diaphragm 13, first openings 25 extending through the baffle 22, an acoustic resistor 23 disposed on the back side of the baffle 22, and second openings 26 extending from the front side to the back side of the acoustic resistor 23. The baffle 22 is provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13. The first openings 25 are provided in the baffle 22. The second openings 26 are each disposed above one of the first openings 25 in the acoustic resistor 23. The electroacoustic transducer exhibits an excellent frequency response even if a sufficient volume of a space is not provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Yoji Honda, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Koichiro Tanoue, Kenji Arai
  • Publication number: 20170238089
    Abstract: An electroacoustic transducer includes a driver, a diaphragm 13 driven to vibrate by the driver and emitting sound, a baffle 22 holding the driver and the diaphragm 13, first openings 25 extending through the baffle 22, an acoustic resistor 23 disposed on the back side of the baffle 22, and second openings 26 extending from the front side to the back side of the acoustic resistor 23. The baffle 22 is provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13. The first openings 25 are provided in the baffle 22. The second openings 26 are each disposed above one of the first openings 25 in the acoustic resistor 23. The electroacoustic transducer exhibits an excellent frequency response even if a sufficient volume of a space is not provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Yoji Honda, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Koichiro Tanoue, Kenji Arai
  • Publication number: 20170227126
    Abstract: Provided is a combined oil ring that further reduces engine oil consumption. A combined oil ring attached to an oil ring groove of a piston includes: a pair of upper and lower side rails each formed into a flat annular shape, and having a slide contact part that comes into sliding contact with a cylinder; and a spacer expander arranged between the pair of upper and lower side rails. In at least the upper side rail of the pair of upper and lower side rails, a cross-sectional shape of the slide contact part along an axial direction of the piston is a tapered shape linearly spreading from upper to lower parts of the piston; the tapered shape is at an angle of 5 to 30 degrees with respect to a central axis of the spacer expander, and has a vertex of the tapered shape within 0.15 mm from a lower end of the side rail; and a part closer to the lower end than the vertex is formed into a curved shape having a curvature of R0.01 to 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masataka KAWASAKI, Mamoru MIYAMOTO, Hideshi HITOSUGI, Kenji ARAI
  • Patent number: 9662985
    Abstract: A switching transistor is configured such that its on resistance RON is switchable between at least two values RON1 and RON2. When the switching transistor is switched from off to on, a control circuit sets the on resistance of the switching transistor to the first value RON1 for a first period immediately after the switching of the switching transistor. Subsequently, for a second period until the switching transistor is turned off, the control circuit sets the on resistance of the switching transistor to the second value RON2 that is smaller than the first value RON1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Arai, Noriaki Hiraga
  • Publication number: 20170125715
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL element having less color variation. The organic EL element (1) of the invention includes, between a pair of an anode (4) and a cathode (14), a first light emitting layer (8) composed of at least one layer and a second light emitting layer (10) composed of at least one layer, the layers being laminated from the anode (4) side, in which the volume concentration of the luminescent dopant included in the second light emitting layer (10) is higher than the volume concentration of the luminescent dopant included in the first light emitting layer (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Ken OKAMOTO, Rieko TAKAHASHI, Kenji ARAI
  • Patent number: 9609762
    Abstract: Provided is a flux that includes at least one polybutadiene (meth)acrylate compound selected from polybutadiene (meth)acrylate compounds and polybutadiene (meth)acrylate compounds, and a hydrogenated dimer acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KOKI Company Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Arai, Mitsuyasu Furusawa, Junichi Aoki, Mayumi Takada, Munehiko Nakatsuma
  • Patent number: 9609422
    Abstract: Provided is a headphone unit including a housing having a convex portion and accommodating a driver unit, a support in contact with part of the outer surface of the convex portion, and a frictional member in contact with the support and the outer surface of the convex portion. The frictional member generates greater friction against the convex portion than the friction between the support and the convex portion. The housing is swingably joined to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventors: Yoji Honda, Kenzo Tsuihiji, Koichiro Tanoue, Kenji Arai
  • Patent number: 9528606
    Abstract: A combined oil ring that reduces deposits between side rails and a spacer expander there between. The spacer expander includes: upper pieces and lower pieces that are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction to be spaced apart in an axial direction and the circumferential direction; coupling pieces that respectively couple the adjacent upper and lower pieces; and ear parts that erect in an inner circumferential end portion of the upper and lower pieces and push the side rails. At least one of an upper surface of each upper piece and a lower surface of each lower piece has a groove formed thereon. Ear parts have a through-hole with which the groove is communicated and a distance along the axial direction between an upper or lower surface of each ear part at a top thereof and a deepest portion of the groove is at least 0.22 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideshi Hitosugi, Kenji Arai, Kazutomo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9526128
    Abstract: A REC unit manages card information on each of L1 cards handling a physical channel, L2-1 cards handling a logical channel, and L2-2 cards in which a scheduling function for communication processing performed with respect to the L1 card and/or the L2-1 card is implemented. A call control card of the REC unit selects, for each of first to third channels, a processing card establishing a signal path relevant to the logical channel from among the L1 card, the L2-1 card, and the L2-2 card. The call control card transmits connection relation information indicating a combination of the processing cards selected to each processing card. On the basis of the connection relation information received from the call control card, each processing card establishes the signal path for each of the first to third channels relevant to the logical channel between the processing cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tomita, Hiroaki Takashima, Kenji Arai, Koichi Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 9508706
    Abstract: An input signal having a high level or a low level is input to a pad. A first protection element includes a first transistor configured as an N-channel MOSFET designed so as to withstand ESD. A second protection element includes a second transistor configured as a P-channel MOSFET designed so as to withstand ESD. A capacitance element is connected to a second line, and forms an RC filter together with a filter resistor. The capacitance element includes at least one from among a third transistor having the same device structure as that of the first transistor and a fourth transistor having the same device structure as that of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Arai