Patents by Inventor Kenji Okamoto

Kenji Okamoto 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: 20240368775
    Abstract: Provided are a technique related to a CO2 electrolysis device that is more excellent in production efficiency for producing a reduction product (CO or the like) from CO2, and a technique related to a CO2 electrolysis device that can suppress a decrease in CO2 reduction efficiency and be stably operated. An aspect of the present invention is a CO2 electrolysis device including an electrode material. The CO2 electrolysis device includes: a support including a conductive carrier and a catalyst supported on the conductive carrier, the catalyst including any one or more of particles of a metal complex, a metal, or an inorganic compound; and an anion exchange resin covering a part or the whole of the surface of the support and including an ionomer of the following formula (1): where m and n represent natural numbers of 1 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI, TAKAHATA PRECISION CO.,LTD., IDEMITSU KOSAN CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji MIYATAKE, Naoki YOKOTA, Katsuya NAGASE, Hiroyuki KANEKO, Yuji OKAMOTO, Qingxin JIA
  • Publication number: 20240342672
    Abstract: A chemical liquid preparation method of preparing a TMAH-containing chemical liquid, including, a correspondence relationship preparing step of preparing a correspondence relationship between a supply flow rate ratio between an oxygen-containing gas and an inert-gas-containing gas and a convergent dissolved oxygen concentration in the TMAH-containing chemical liquid that is converged to when the oxygen-containing gas and the inert-gas-containing gas are supplied into the TMAH-containing chemical liquid; a concentration setting step of setting a target dissolved oxygen concentration in the TMAH-containing chemical liquid; a supply-flow-rate-ratio acquiring step of acquiring the supply flow rate ratio between the oxygen-containing gas and the inert-gas-containing gas corresponding to the target dissolved oxygen concentration in accordance with the correspondence relationship prepared in the correspondence relationship preparing step; and a gas supplying step of supplying the oxygen-containing gas and the inert-
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime NISHIDE, Takashi IZUTA, Takatoshi HAYASHI, Katsuhiro FUKUI, Koichi OKAMOTO, Kazuhiro FUJITA, Atsuyasu MIURA, Kenji KOBAYASHI, Sei NEGORO, Hiroki TSUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20240320841
    Abstract: An information processing method for acquiring location information of an object includes acquiring location information of the object based on location management information in which identification information of the object, the location information of the object, and time information indicating an acquisition time of the location information are associated; acquiring the time information associated with the acquired location information as time information indicating a time before movement of the object starts, based on the location management information; tracking, by image processing, the object in a captured moving image of surroundings of the object based on the location information of the object; and acquiring current location information of the object at an end of the movement based on a result of the tracking. In the tracking, the object is tracked in a part of the captured moving image starting from a moving image time corresponding to the acquired time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Nagashima, Toshihiro Okamoto, Shin Aoki, Sukehiro Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240319081
    Abstract: The quantum optical system changes a phase of quantum interference occurring between a plurality of physical processes, in each of which a quantum entangled photon pair of a signal photon and an idler photon is generated. Each of a plurality of pixels outputs a detection signal of the signal photon in a state where a sample is arranged in an optical path of the idler photon. A processor calculates an absorption spectroscopy characteristic based on an interferogram indicating a variation in a signal intensity acquired from each of the plurality of pixels in accordance with the change in the phase of the quantum interference. The processor: applies a processing to reduce phase difference of the interferogram among the plurality of pixels; spatially integrates, over the plurality of pixels, the interferogram having gone through the processing to reduce phase differences; and calculates the absorption spectroscopy characteristic based on the integrated interferogram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Hideaki KATSU, Koji TOJO, Kenji TAKUBO, Yuya NAGATA, Shigeki TAKEUCHI, Ryo OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240323575
    Abstract: A control device including a collection unit that acquires, at a predetermined cycle, cooperation information, which is information indicating a communication state between a communication system that includes a wireless station including an antenna and an allocation device that allocates a wavelength, and a terminal to be communicated, an analysis unit that analyzes the communication state in the communication system on the basis of the cooperation information, and an allocation control unit that controls execution of wavelength allocation by the allocation device on the basis of an analysis result of the analysis unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karin UMEDA, Kota ASAKA, Hiroko NOMURA, Hiroshi O, Yoshihito SAKAI, Hirotaka UJIKAWA, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Yuka OKAMOTO, Tatsuya SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20240310768
    Abstract: A sheet characteristic detection system that detects a sheet characteristic, includes: a sheet characteristic detection device that includes a plurality of media sensors corresponding to a plurality of different sheet characteristics; and a hardware processor that is capable of changing a type of the sheet characteristic to be detected by the plurality of media sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: AKIRA OKAMOTO, HIROSHI YAMAGUCHI, MASAYUKI WATANABE, KENJI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12090564
    Abstract: A copper-ceramic joint body having high joint strength is provided. The copper-ceramic joint body includes: a copper member made of Cu or Cu alloy; a ceramic member joined to the copper member and made of nitride of Si or Al; and a joint layer formed on joint surfaces of the copper member and the ceramic member, and containing Cu and Mg and further containing at least one type of active metal elements selected from a group of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Ca, Y, Ce, La, Sm, Yb, Nd, Gd and Er, and shear strength of the joint layer is equal to or higher than 10 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nogawa, Shun Takano, Kenji Okishiro, Atsushi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20240299961
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic film formation device including a powder feeder feeding powder, a substrate on which a powder film is to be formed from the powder, and a DC power supply applying voltage to the powder feeder and the substrate. The DC power supply applies the voltage to draw the powder from the powder feeder to the substrate with electrostatic force. The electrostatic film formation device further includes a masking member disposed between the powder feeder and the substrate. The masking member is formed with a passing port allowing the powder to pass from the powder feeder to the substrate. The masking member is disposed in the state where the masking member is not in contact with the powder film to be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 12064739
    Abstract: A chemical liquid preparation method of preparing a chemical liquid for treating a film formed on a substrate, including a gas dissolving process in which an oxygen-containing gas and an inert-gas-containing gas are dissolved in the chemical liquid by supplying the oxygen-containing gas which contains oxygen gas and the inert-gas-containing gas which contains an inert gas to a chemical liquid, wherein in the gas dissolving process, a dissolved oxygen concentration in the chemical liquid is adjusted by setting a mixing ratio between the oxygen-containing gas and the inert-gas-containing gas supplied to the chemical liquid as a mixing ratio corresponding to a predetermined target dissolved oxygen concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nishide, Takashi Izuta, Takatoshi Hayashi, Katsuhiro Fukui, Koichi Okamoto, Kazuhiro Fujita, Atsuyasu Miura, Kenji Kobayashi, Sei Negoro, Hiroki Tsujikawa
  • Publication number: 20240026637
    Abstract: A control system for a work vehicle, which includes a vehicle body and work equipment that is changeable in height and pitch with respect to the vehicle body, includes a controller. The controller determines a switching point by referring to target displacement data indicating a target displacement of the height of the work equipment according to a movement amount of the work vehicle from a work start position. The controller determines whether or not the work vehicle has reached the switching point based on the movement amount of the work vehicle from the work start position. The controller outputs a command to change the pitch of the work equipment upon determining that the work vehicle has reached the switching point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Tomoki ANDOU, Souichi TSUMURA, Takuto MOTOMURA, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230411702
    Abstract: An all-solid state secondary cell comprises a positive electrode collector, a negative electrode collector, and a powder laminate disposed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has a positive electrode powder layer, a negative powder layer, a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and an absorption layer covering an outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer or the negative electrode powder layer. The absorption layer includes at least one of a hydrogen sulfide adsorption layer and a moisture adsorption layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part and a center part surrounded by the peripheral edge part. A thickness of the peripheral edge part of the powder laminate is greater than a thickness of the center part of the powder laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20230352724
    Abstract: The present invention includes an outer package and contents accommodated in the outer package. The contents include an electrode body. The outer package substantially uniformly applies pressing force to each of the front surface and the rear surface of the contents due to the elastic force of the outer package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Tsuyoshi NISHIMURA, Hideyuki FUKUI, Yoshifumi OHKITA, Kouji OHKITA
  • Patent number: 11784353
    Abstract: The present invention provides an all-solid state secondary cell equipped with: a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode collector; and a powder laminate placed between the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector. The powder laminate has: a positive electrode powder layer; a negative electrode powder layer; and solid electrolyte layers that are placed between the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer, and also cover the outer periphery of the positive electrode powder layer and the negative electrode powder layer. The powder laminate comprises a peripheral edge part, and a center part surrounded by this peripheral edge part. The thickness of the peripheral edge part is the thickness of the center part or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Hideyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20230166370
    Abstract: A pressurizing suction-attachment table is provided with a porous body having a suction-attachment surface on which an object can be placed, an elastic member directly provided to the porous body, and a frame body supporting the porous body with the elastic member therebetween. An aspiration space is formed between the porous body and the frame body. The pressurizing suction-attachment table is provided with an aspirator capable of aspirating the aspiration space to cause the object to be suction-attached to the suction-attachment surface. The porous body includes an opposite surface positioned on a side opposite to the suction-attachment surface. The frame body includes a receiving surface for receiving the opposite surface when the elastic member is elastically deformed due to pressurization of the object placed on the suction-attachment surface onto the suction-attachment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11371414
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust system for an engine in which a fastening force of a fastener hardly decreases. An exhaust system for an engine includes: an exhaust passage component of ferrous metal; and a fastener that fastens the exhaust passage component to other parts, the exhaust passage component including a pressure receiving surface that receives a fastening force of the fastener. The oxide film of triiron tetraoxide is formed on the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an outer surface other than the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an inner surface of the exhaust passage component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Oso, Nobuyoshi Okada, Hideyuki Koyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11330995
    Abstract: The present invention images a heartbeat strength representing the strength of pulsations (beats) on a map as a new dynamics index different from the conventional waveform numerical value. A computation section according to the present invention obtains, from time-course changes of the blood flow map obtained as a result of computation of blood flow speed, a signal intensity at a fundamental frequency determined from time-series blood flow data within a predetermined region, and calculates a heartbeat strength which represents the strength of heartbeats on the basis of the signal intensity. A display section images and displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section. Also, the display section displays the heartbeat strength calculated by the heartbeat strength computation section by superimposing the heartbeat strength on a combined map created by averaging a plurality of blood flow maps arranged in a chronological order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SOFTCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Kenji Okamoto, Phuong Thuy Le, Noriyoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Shirakawa, Tetsu Kuroki
  • Patent number: 11302958
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an all-solid-state battery, which is capable of preventing the occurrence of a short circuit or a charge abnormality due to the formation of a dendrite even in cases where the pressing force is decreased. In the method for producing an all-solid-state battery, a solid electrolyte layer is arranged between a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and current collectors are connected to the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, respectively. This method for producing an all-solid-state battery is characterized by comprising: a step for forming at least one powder film for constituting the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer and/or the solid electrolyte layer, and a step for pressing a surface of the powder film by a pressing body consisting of an elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11213839
    Abstract: A coating device includes a rotary head, a power supply part that applies a voltage to the rotary head, and a control part that controls the power supply part. The rotary head is configured so that a coating material is electrostatically atomized. The control part is configured so as to calculate a discharge current based on a total current flowing from the power supply part to the rotary head and a leak current, and control the power supply part based on the discharge current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Trinity Industrial Corporation, Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K.
    Inventors: Shinji Tani, Akira Numasato, Kazuki Tanaka, Takahito Kondo, Yuki Murai, Yuki Hirai, Atsushi Tomita, Kenji Okamoto, Naohiro Masuda
  • Patent number: 11135605
    Abstract: A charge remaining in an electrostatic coater when power supply to the electrostatic coater is stopped is neutralized at an early stage. A rotary atomizing head 102 receives a high voltage of negative polarity from a cascade 104. An electrostatic coater 100 further includes a second high-voltage generator 110 that generates a high voltage of positive polarity. The second high-voltage generator 110 is composed of a Cockcroft-Walton circuit. The Cockcroft-Walton circuit is composed of diodes and capacitors. A high voltage of the electrostatic coater 100 is controlled by a controller 10. Immediately after running of the electrostatic coater 100 is stopped by stopping power supply to the cascade 104, power is supplied to the second high-voltage generator 110. The high voltage of positive polarity generated by the second high-voltage generator 110 is supplied to the rotary atomizing head 102 for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Iwase, Naoki Ota, Kenji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210280843
    Abstract: Provided is an installation for manufacturing an all-solid secondary battery provided with a powder laminate including stacked powder films. The manufacturing installation includes a mixer for mixing multiple kinds of powder materials and a conveying device for conveying a powder material mixed by the mixer. The manufacturing installation also includes an electrostatic film-forming device for forming the powder films from the powder material conveyed by the conveying device, by using at least an electrostatic force. In the manufacturing installation, a process of forming the powder laminate from the multiple kinds of powder materials is a dry process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takeshi SUGIYO, Kenji OKAMOTO, Hideyuki FUKUI