Patents by Inventor Kenji Kato
Kenji Kato 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: 9915482Abstract: A heat sink including a base section, connection fins, and parallel fins. The base section includes: a first base plate configured to be mounted with a heat generating component on its outer surface; a second base plate disposed to face the first base plate in a parallel manner, configured to be mounted with a heat generating component on its outer surface; and a third base plate disposed perpendicular to the first base plate and the second base plate, which secures the first base plate and the second base plate along a junction line. The base section includes first and second regions arranged in the direction of the junction line. The connection fins are disposed on the first region to connect inner surfaces of the first and second base plates and to be parallel to the third base plate, and the parallel fins are disposed on the second region from an inner surface of the third base plate to be parallel to the first base plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kenji Kato, Shigetoshi Ipposhi, Toshiki Tanaka, Shinya Motokawa, Toshio Nakayama, Masafumi Ibushi
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Patent number: 9901547Abstract: Provided are a plant-derived soft capsule shell having a high shell sheet strength, a good adhesive property, and excellent shell performance, and a soft capsule. The soft capsule shell comprises: (A) iota carrageenan; and (B) a starch dispersion obtained by ultrasonically treating a starch paste solution.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: FUJI CAPSULE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kato, Kazuhiko Watanabe, Takashi Inoue, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20180022551Abstract: An arranging section is provided to rearrange the order of articles received by a receiving portion into a specified order. When distributing and collecting a plurality of articles, that are being rearranged, among and in a plurality of upstream collecting branch portions, the operations of the arranging section are controlled such that the articles are classified into article groups of the same number of articles as the number of the last collecting branch portions, and such that, for each article group, elements of a subsequence representing the specified order assigned to a plurality of articles forming an article group are elements of a consecutive subsequence for the articles forming the article group, so that the articles in one article group are distributed and collected before the articles in any other article group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Takuya Gondoh, Nobuhiko Sato, Masami Iwai, Kenji Kato
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Patent number: 9851334Abstract: A gas sensor assembling method includes a step for placing an element dummy such that it has a longitudinal direction in a vertical direction, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the dummy is similar to the cross-sectional shape of a sensor element, a step for fitting a through hole in an annularly-mounted member to the dummy from above vertically, wherein the through hole included in the annularly-mounted member corresponds to the cross-sectional shape of the sensor element, a step for fitting a tubular member to an outer periphery of the annularly-mounted member from above vertically, an step for placing the sensor element in contact with an upper end portion of the dummy on a single straight line, and an step for descending the dummy downwardly vertically for descending the sensor element and fitting the through hole in the annularly-mounted member to the sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Isaka, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kenji Kato
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Patent number: 9823220Abstract: An apparatus and method for individually detecting NO and NO2 concentrations as NOX components of an object gas. An NO concentration corresponding value is obtained from a first detection element not having a reduction section. An NO concentration corresponding value is obtained from a second detection element having a reduction section, and having an NO2/NO sensitivity ratio greater than that of the first detection element. The difference ?C between the NO concentration corresponding values of the two detection elements is obtained, and divided by the difference ?S between the NO2/NO sensitivity ratios of the two detection elements, whereby an NO2 concentration corresponding value is obtained. A value obtained by multiplying the NO2 concentration corresponding value by the NO2/NO sensitivity ratio of the second detection element is subtracted from the NO concentration corresponding value of the second detection element, whereby an NO concentration corresponding value is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kato, Kouji Shiotani, Takeshi Kawai, Satoshi Teramoto
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Patent number: 9820947Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a seamless soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric seamless soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxy pectin having a degree of esterification of 0 to 40% and a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, the enteric capsule shell liquid having a viscosity at 50° C. of 60 to 127 mPa·s; and (b) encapsulating capsule fills with the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by dripping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 180 to 330 Bloom, an aqueous solution of the low methoxy pectin at a concentration of 2 mass % has a viscosity at 35° C. of 8 to 15 mPa·s, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 10 to 20 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of gelatin.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: FUJI CAPSULE CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Masuda, Naoki Nishimura, Akihiko Hayano, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
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Publication number: 20170296474Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a seamless soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric seamless soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxy pectin having a degree of esterification of 0 to 40% and a degree of amidation of 0 to 25%, the enteric capsule shell liquid having a viscosity at 50° C. of 60 to 127 mPa·s; and (b) encapsulating capsule fills with the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by dripping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 180 to 330 Bloom, an aqueous solution of the low methoxy pectin at a concentration of 2 mass % has a viscosity at 35° C. of 8 to 15 mPa·s, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 10 to 20 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of gelatin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Koji Masuda, Naoki Nishimura, Akihiko Hayano, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
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Publication number: 20170292011Abstract: Provided are a plant-derived soft capsule shell having high shell sheet strength, good adhesive property, and good shell performance, and a soft capsule. A soft capsule shell comprising: (A) iota carrageenan; and (B) waxy corn starch having undergone a heat-moisture treatment in the presence of a salt, the soft capsule shell having a content mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of the component (A) to the component (B) of 0.4 to 3, the soft capsule shell having a content mass ratio [carrageenan/starch] of carrageenan including the component (A) to starch including the component (B) of 0.29 to 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2015Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: FUJI CAPSULE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko WATANABE, Yosuke KONDO, Yoshiyuki SHIMOKAWA, Kenji KATO
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Patent number: 9775257Abstract: The present invention is an electronic device unit including an electronic device that has air inlets formed on a bottom surface of a main housing body having electronic components housed therein, and that introduces air to an inner part of the main housing body through the air inlets to cool the inner part of the main housing body, and a battery pack that is attached to the main housing body in a state where a battery case covers a part of a portion being an extensional region of the air inlets, wherein a surrounding wall part is provided on the bottom surface of the main housing body to surround a ventilation region in which the air inlets are provided and to be open at a portion facing the ventilation region, and the battery case is attached to the main housing body via protruding ends of the surrounding wall part.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Suzuki, Kenji Kato, Iwao Katsuno
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Patent number: 9719958Abstract: A gas sensor controller (100) controls a gas sensor element (10) which has a first pump cell (111), a second pump cell (113), and an oxygen concentration detection cell (112). The controller includes first chamber control means (51) to (53) which pumps oxygen out of or into a first measurement chamber MR1 such that a concentration voltage Vs becomes equal to a target voltage Vr; target voltage changing means S72, S75 which changes the target voltage Vr from a first target voltage Vr1 to a second target voltage Vr2; current detection means (55) which detects the magnitude of a concentration current Ip2 flowing between first electrode (145) and second electrode (147); and deterioration determination means S7 which determines the deterioration state of the gas sensor element from a change which occurs in the concentration current Ip2 due to the change in the target voltage Vr.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Yoshida, Kenji Kato, Koji Shiotani
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Publication number: 20170209384Abstract: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a soft capsule that is enteric and excellent in formulation properties. An enteric soft capsule is manufactured by the following steps (a) and (b): (a) preparing an enteric capsule shell liquid comprising gelatin and low methoxyl pectin having a degree of amidation of 5 to 25%, and (b) encapsulating capsule fills using the enteric capsule shell liquid prepared in the step (a) by stamping. Preferably, the jelly strength of the gelatin is 160 to 300 Bloom, the degree of esterification of the low methoxy pectin is 20 to 40%, and the enteric capsule shell liquid comprises 30 to 35 parts by mass of the low methoxy pectin per 100 parts by mass of the gelatin.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Hiroaki Hasegawa, Nahonori Inaba, Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Kenji Kato
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Publication number: 20170140229Abstract: A position of a moving object is reliably detected with high accuracy using only an image around a vehicle. A rear camera mounted on a vehicle obtains an original image around the vehicle, a movement region detector detects a moving object from the original image, and a difference calculator detects the moving object from a bird's-eye view image of the vehicle generated by a bird's-eye view image processor. A moving object position identifying part identifies a position of the moving object based on a distance from the vehicle to the moving object detected by the movement region detector or the difference calculator, a lateral direction position of the moving object, and an actual width of the moving object detected by the movement region detector when a detected object determination part determines that the moving objects detected by the movement region detector and the difference calculator are the same moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Takehito OGATA, Kenji KATO, Naoki SHIMIZU, Takafumi HAGI, Yoshitaka UCHIDA
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Patent number: 9631999Abstract: An NOx detection apparatus computes a first NOx concentration NOxpo on the basis of a second pumping current Ip2, and sets correction coefficients a, b (concentration variation correction information) on the basis of the first NOx concentration NOxpo. Therefore, the NOx detection apparatus can set the correction coefficients a, b in accordance with the concentration of NOx actually contained in a to-be-measured gas. Since the NOx detection apparatus uses Equation 3, determined by the correction coefficients a, b, for correction of the first NOx concentration NOxpo, the NOx detection apparatus can correct the first NOx concentration NOxpo in accordance with the state of change of the NOx concentration even when the magnitude of an output variation caused by a pressure change changes depending on the NOx concentration.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Onogi, Kenji Kato, Satoshi Teramoto
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Patent number: 9557752Abstract: A hot water supply apparatus using a heat medium provides a heat medium circulation path that circulates the heat medium, a heat medium pump that pumps the heat medium into the heat medium circulation path, a heat source that generates heat heating the heat medium, a heat medium heat exchanger that exchanges heat generated by the heat source for the heat medium, a hot water supply heat exchanger that exchanges heat of the heat medium circulating in the heat medium circulation path for clean water, and a control unit that sets the heat medium in the heat medium circulation path in a predetermined temperature and controls the rotating speed of the heat medium pump and the combustion amount of the heat source according to a heat requirement.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: PURPOSE COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Kenji Kato
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Patent number: 9522824Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing hydrogen peroxide by direct synthesis that is capable of taking the place of the conventional anthraquinone process, and to provide a catalyst used in the production method. The present invention is a metal complex represented by the following general formula (1), (2), (3) or (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignees: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Seiji Ogo, Kenji Kato, Masaki Nagata
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Publication number: 20160331695Abstract: Provided is a capsule formulation capable of retaining a hydrophilic substance over a long period of time and also capable of containing incompatible components, in a single capsule. A capsule formulation is produced by encapsulating with a hydrophilic film, a capsule content formed by enclosing an aqueous solution in an oily substance containing a porous microparticulate powder. The capsule formulation preferably comprises 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of the porous microparticulate powder based on 100 parts by weight of the oily substance, and it is preferably a soft capsule formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi NAKANO, Naoki NISHIMURA, Koji MASUDA, Yoshiyuki SHIMOKAWA, Kenji KATO
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Patent number: 9494549Abstract: A gas sensor control apparatus for controlling a gas sensor element, the gas sensor element including first and second measuring chambers and the gas sensor control apparatus including first chamber control unit for controlling an oxygen concentration in the first chamber; second chamber control unit for applying a second chamber pump voltage to disassociate an oxygen-containing specific gas contained in the second chamber and thereby generate a concentration-dependent current; current detecting unit; voltage changing unit for changing the second chamber pump voltage; and deterioration determination unit for determining the deterioration state of the gas sensor element based on a transient response of the concentration-dependent current.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Yoshida, Kenji Kato, Koji Shiotani
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Publication number: 20160295719Abstract: The present invention is an electronic device unit including an electronic device that has air inlets formed on a bottom surface of a main housing body having electronic components housed therein, and that introduces air to an inner part of the main housing body through the air inlets to cool the inner part of the main housing body, and a battery pack that is attached to the main housing body in a state where a battery case covers a part of a portion being an extensional region of the air inlets, wherein a surrounding wall part is provided on the bottom surface of the main housing body to surround a ventilation region in which the air inlets are provided and to be open at a portion facing the ventilation region, and the battery case is attached to the main housing body via protruding ends of the surrounding wall part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro SUZUKI, Kenji KATO, Iwao KATSUNO
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Publication number: 20160282296Abstract: Provided is a gas sensor which preferably suppresses an occurrence of signal abnormality at a start of driving. The gas sensor includes a first space including a reference gas inside, a reference electrode being in contact with the reference gas, and a measurement electrode being in contact with a measurement gas included in a second space separated from the first space, wherein the gas sensor determines a concentration of a predetermine gas component in the measurement gas using a potential difference between the reference electrode and the measurement electrode and includes a metal member formed of a ferritic stainless steel including chrome of 11.00 to 18.00 wt % but not including molybdenum, titanium, and niobium, being disposed at a position so as to face the first space and be able to receive a heat conduction from at least the measurement gas, and a surface roughness of a surface of the metal member facing the first space is 1000 nm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Hiroyuki TANAKA, Kenji KATO
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Publication number: 20160273944Abstract: A method for assembling a gas sensor includes fitting through holes of annular mounting parts with an element dummy disposed vertically and whose cross-sectional shape perpendicular is similar to that of a sensor element. The annular mounting parts are a plurality of parts including a ceramic powder compact. A tubular body is fitted with outer peripheries of the annular mounting parts, and then, the element is abuttingly disposed on an upper end of the dummy. Subsequently, the dummy is moved vertically downward to fit the through holes of the annular mounting parts with the element, thereby obtaining a workpiece. The workpiece is vertically inverted, and with the element tip being in contact with a sealing assist jig that has a buffer performance, the upper end of the uppermost annular mounting part is pressed vertically downward to compress the powder compact, thereby sealing an inside of the tubular body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Tetsuya HATTORI, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Kenji KATO, Shigeki TAKESHITA