Patents by Inventor Kenji Nishimura
Kenji Nishimura 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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Publication number: 20250116385Abstract: An advance notice system according to one aspect of the present disclosure gives, in a charging area where power feeding is performed from a power feeding apparatus to a vehicle, an advance notice of availability of the charging area. An advance notice system includes a projection device configured to project a predetermined pattern on a projection surface that is a surface close to the charging area in response to an instruction, and a vehicle control device including a preparation detection unit configured to detect a preparatory operation that is an operation performed before a vehicle leaves the charging area, and an instruction unit configured to give a start instruction to the projection device to start projection of the predetermined pattern in response to detection of the preparatory operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Motonao NIIZUMA, Kenji NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20250068091Abstract: A film contains a resin, and particles of a siloxane compound having a structure represented by Formula: [RSiO1.5] n (in the formula, R represents an organic group and n represents an integer of 2 or more), where at least one R in the formula is a group including an alkyl group, in which in a spatial distribution of the particles present in an evaluation region of 63 ?m×42 ?m, an integrated value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by Equation (1) in an interparticle distance r of 0.05 ?m or more and 5.00 ?m or less is 0 or more and 1.6 or less. L ? ( r ) := K ? ( r ) / ? - r ( 1 ) In Equation (1), r represents the interparticle distance, and K(r) represents a Ripley's K function K(r) represented by Equation (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Kenji OMORI, Yosuke Kubo, Masato Ono, Iori Nishimura, Daisuke Tanemura, Masayuki Seko, Jun Kimura
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Patent number: 12218627Abstract: A solar panel cleaning system includes a detection traveling vehicle configured to travel on a solar panel and detect dirt on the solar panel, a map generation part configured to generate a dirt map including a dirt position of the dirt on the solar panel, a cleaning path generation part configured to generate a cleaning path for performing cleaning of the solar panel, and a cleaning traveling vehicle configured to travel on the solar panel on the basis of the generated cleaning path and perform cleaning of the solar panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: IHI CorporationInventor: Kenji Nishimura
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Patent number: 12201181Abstract: A shoe sole 1 includes a bottom part 20 and a deformation restraining part 30. The bottom part 20 includes: a rear bottom surface part 24 formed to extend from a rearfoot to a midfoot portion and to be, when the shoe sole is placed on a virtual surface S as a flat surface, in contact with the virtual surface S; and a toe portion 26 of which a height from the virtual surface S is set to 100% or greater and 250% or less with respect to a thickness in the rear bottom surface part 24. The deformation restraining part 30 is disposed in an edge part on a medial side and a lateral side of the bottom part 20 and extends from a forefoot to the midfoot portion along the bottom part 20. The deformation restraining part 30 has higher hardness than the bottom part 20.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ASICS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Sakaguchi, Hiroaki Nishimura, Tomoki Ishizashi, Kenji Hirata, Seiji Yano, Seigo Nakaya
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Patent number: 12097888Abstract: A power supply facility includes a wireless communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating with a plurality of electric vehicles traveling in line, a plurality of power supply coils installed at a predetermined interval, and an inter-vehicle calculation unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of information including power supply coil interval information indicating a distance of the predetermined interval, information on an entire length of a vehicle body of each of the plurality of electric vehicles, and information on a position of a power reception coil installed in each of the vehicle bodies, and calculate an inter-vehicle distance for leading each of the plurality of electric vehicles to be parked in accordance with the acquired plurality of pieces of information so as to align the plurality of power supply coils with the power reception coils to face each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Michisato Maekawa, Kenji Nishimura, Satoshi Yazaki, Naoki Omura, Tomoya Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20240153698Abstract: A coil device includes a main unit in which a coil that wirelessly transmits or receives electric power is accommodated in a main housing fixed to an installation target, and a sub-unit in which an electrical function unit that provides the main unit with an electrical function performed by at least one of an electric component and an electronic component is accommodated in a sub-housing detachably configured to be attached to the main housing. The main unit includes an accommodation portion that detachably accommodates the sub-unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Kenji NISHIMURA, Susumu TOKURA
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Patent number: 11742699Abstract: A power feeding device performing wireless power feeding to a flying object includes: a power feeding unit performing power feeding to the flying object disposed at a power feeding position; a power transmission coil provided in the power feeding unit and generating a magnetic field by energization; a relay coil provided in the power feeding unit, receiving the magnetic field generated from the power transmission coil and magnetically coupled to the power transmission coil, and magnetically coupled to a power receiving coil provided in the flying object in a case where the flying object is positioned at the power feeding position; and a second magnetic body provided in the power feeding unit and used for magnetic coupling between the relay coil and the power receiving coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: INCORPORATED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TOHOKU GAKUINInventors: Kentaro Furiya, Kenji Nishimura, Motonao Niizuma, Fumihiro Sato, Tomohiro Sawa
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Patent number: 11731521Abstract: A foreign object detection device detects, during wireless power transfer from a power transmission unit of a power transmission device to a power reception unit of a power reception device, a foreign object on the power transmission unit, and comprises: a temperature sensitive body that is disposed at the power transmission unit and changes a color with temperature; and a detection unit that detects the foreign object by detecting a change in the color.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: IHI CorporationInventors: Eiichi Urushibata, Kenji Nishimura, Hideki Nagano
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Patent number: 11710596Abstract: A coil device includes a conductive wire forming a coil, a coil base having a groove for accommodating the conductive wire, and a stopper being separate from the coil base and attached to the coil base to cover the conductive wire. The stopper includes a base portion attached to the coil base at a position adjacent the groove, and a distal end portion integrated with the base portion to cover the conductive wire. The base portion of the stopper is rotatable. Alternatively, the distal end portion of the stopper is deformable.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventor: Kenji Nishimura
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Publication number: 20230030526Abstract: A technique relating to a method for enzymatically producing maytansinol from an ansamitocin species, such as AP3, is provided. The method for producing maytansinol includes enzymatically producing maytansinol from an ansamitocin species with any one of various proteins.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Yutaro BABA, Kenji NISHIMURA, Yuta MIKI, Yukie KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi YAMAMOTO, Mayu KAWASAKI, Shogo NAKANO, Sohei ITO
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Publication number: 20220402397Abstract: An operation management device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information necessary for charging an on-vehicle battery of a vehicle entering a charging facility in which charging spaces coexist, power transmission devices having different amounts of transmission power being installed in the charging spaces; and an optimization unit configured to optimize a charging schedule for increasing a charge amount of the on-vehicle battery to a target charging level by charging with an available power transmission device in the charging spaces based on the acquired information so that power consumption in the charging facility is suppressed to a maximum allowable power amount or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: IHI CorporationInventor: Kenji NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20220396158Abstract: A foreign object detection device detects, during wireless power transfer from a power transmission unit of a power transmission device to a power reception unit of a power reception device, a foreign object on the power transmission unit, and comprises: a temperature sensitive body that is disposed at the power transmission unit and changes a color with temperature; and a detection unit that detects the foreign object by detecting a change in the color.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Eiichi URUSHIBATA, Kenji NISHIMURA, Hideki NAGANO
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Publication number: 20220368280Abstract: A solar panel cleaning system includes a detection traveling vehicle configured to travel on a solar panel and detect dirt on the solar panel, a map generation part configured to generate a dirt map including a dirt position of the dirt on the solar panel, a cleaning path generation part configured to generate a cleaning path for performing cleaning of the solar panel, and a cleaning traveling vehicle configured to travel on the solar panel on the basis of the generated cleaning path and perform cleaning of the solar panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: IHI CorporationInventor: Kenji NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20220315057Abstract: A power supply facility includes a wireless communication unit capable of wirelessly communicating with a plurality of electric vehicles traveling in line, a plurality of power supply coils installed at a predetermined interval, and an inter-vehicle calculation unit configured to acquire a plurality of pieces of information including power supply coil interval information indicating a distance of the predetermined interval, information on an entire length of a vehicle body of each of the plurality of electric vehicles, and information on a position of a power reception coil installed in each of the vehicle bodies, and calculate an inter-vehicle distance for leading each of the plurality of electric vehicles to be parked in accordance with the acquired plurality of pieces of information so as to align the plurality of power supply coils with the power reception coils to face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Michisato MAEKAWA, Kenji NISHIMURA, Satoshi YAZAKI, Naoki OMURA, Tomoya YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11456110Abstract: A coil device includes a coil unit for stowing a coil part, and a heat dissipation unit thermally connected to the coil unit. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation body, a heat dissipation fin movable relative to the heat dissipation body, and a fin drive mechanism for driving the heat dissipation fin. The heat dissipation unit has a heat dissipation configuration in which the heat dissipation fin projects from the heat dissipation body in a direction intersecting a winding axis, and a stowed configuration in which the heat dissipation fin is stowed in the heat dissipation body.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Motonao Niizuma
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Publication number: 20220285992Abstract: A power feeding device performing wireless power feeding to a flying object includes: a power feeding unit performing power feeding to the flying object disposed at a power feeding position; a power transmission coil provided in the power feeding unit and generating a magnetic field by energization; a relay coil provided in the power feeding unit, receiving the magnetic field generated from the power transmission coil and magnetically coupled to the power transmission coil, and magnetically coupled to a power receiving coil provided in the flying object in a case where the flying object is positioned at the power feeding position; and a second magnetic body provided in the power feeding unit and used for magnetic coupling between the relay coil and the power receiving coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicants: IHI Corporation, Incorporated Educational Institution Tohoku GakuinInventors: Kentaro FURIYA, Kenji NISHIMURA, Motonao NIIZUMA, Fumihiro SATO, Tomohiro SAWA
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Publication number: 20220258621Abstract: A coil device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a coil generating a magnetic field, a casing accommodating the coil, a conductive part including an input part, an output part, and a conductive pattern connecting the input part to the output part, the conductive part being provided on the casing, and electrically insulated from the casing, and a detection part electrically connected to the input part and the output part, energizing the conductive pattern via the input part and the output part, and detecting deformation in the casing based on an energized state of the conductive pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Motonao NIIZUMA, Kenji NISHIMURA
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Patent number: D962865Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Seishiro Nakajima, Tatsuya Matsui
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Patent number: D967022Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Seishiro Nakajima, Tatsuya Matsui
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Patent number: D967023Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Nishimura, Seishiro Nakajima, Tatsuya Matsui