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: 20190039049
    Abstract: A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide oxygen storage material with a fast oxygen storage rate having an OSC ability enabling fast response to changes in exhaust gas which does not greatly fluctuate in composition, but varies at a fast rate near the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, an exhaust gas purification catalyst, and a honeycomb structure for exhaust gas purification are provided. A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide oxygen storage material, which oxygen storage material has a molar ratio of cerium and zirconium, by cerium/(cerium+zirconium), of 0.33 to 0.90, has an ion conductivity measured by an AC impedance method of 1×10?5 S/cm or more at 400° C., and contains metal ions M of one or more types of rare earth elements selected from Sm3+, Eu3+, Pr3+, Gd3+, and Dy+3 with a coordination number of over 7.0 in an amount of 0.5 mol % to 15 mol % with respect to the total amount of cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON DENKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoharu ITOH, Yusuke HIDAKA, Masasuke YAMABA, Kenji OKAMOTO, Hiroki UEDE
  • Publication number: 20190035540
    Abstract: A core is provided that includes a corner part facing a winding wound on a shaft part, the corner part being chamfered into a curved surface shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10149419
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a mounting unit that mounts an electronic component on a board, at least one component supply unit that supplies chip solder, and a control unit that controls the mounting unit to mount the chip solder, which is supplied from the component supply unit, on the board, based on production data in which a size of chip solder is instructed for each component terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Itoh, Masanori Ikeda, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10139810
    Abstract: A management apparatus is connected to a mount substrate manufacturing line including at least a print apparatus, a component mounting apparatus, and a reflow apparatus, through a network. The management apparatus instructs at least one of apparatuses that are at a more upstream side than the reflow apparatus in a mount substrate manufacturing line, to perform at least any one of an operation relating to maintenance, an operation relating to calibration, and an warm-up operation, based on first data relating to a period of time necessary to complete preparation for performing a process by the reflow apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Nakamura, Hachiro Nakatsuji, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10098592
    Abstract: A blood flow image diagnosing device of the present invention includes a laser light irradiation system for applying laser light to an observation region of a biotissue having blood cells; a light receiving section having a plurality of pixels and adapted to detect reflection light from the observation region of the biotissue; an image capturing section for successively capturing a plurality of images on the basis of a signal from the light receiving section; an image storage section for storing the plurality of images; a computation section for computing the speed of blood flow within the biotissue from time course changes of output signals of the pixels throughout the stored images; and a display section for displaying a two-dimensional distribution which is the result of the computation as a blood flow map. The computation section includes a pigment concentration correction section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SOFTCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujii, Kenji Okamoto, Noriyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10095110
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition including: an alkali-soluble resin (A) having more than 30% by mass and less than 70% by mass of a structural unit represented by the Formula (1) below; a compound (B) having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond per molecule; and a photo radical polymerization initiator (C) having an oxime ester structure; wherein a content of the photo radical polymerization initiator (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the alkali-soluble resin (A) is 3 to 20 parts by mass. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group. R2 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group. R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori Akimaru, Kenji Okamoto, Hirokazu Sakakibara, Makoto Katsurayama
  • Patent number: 10076070
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a mounting unit that mounts an electronic component on a board, at least one component supply unit that supplies chip solder, and a control unit that controls the mounting unit to mount the chip solder, which is supplied from the component supply unit, on the board, based on production data in which a size of chip solder to be mounted on each electrode of the board is instructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Itoh, Masanori Ikeda, Kenji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20180238364
    Abstract: A clip mounting seat in which a clip is mounted includes walls having side edges that are connected to each other and ends between the side edges, a mounting base disposed at the ends of the walls and including a stopper hole having a hole edge a part of which is open and having an opening, the stopper hole in which the clip inserted through the opening is held, and an elastic stopper extending from one of the ends of one of the walls toward the opening and being opposite the opening. The elastic stopper includes a basal portion that extends from the one end of the one wall and a clip receiver portion that extends from the basal portion toward the opening and is opposite the opening and wider than the basal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kimihiro IZUMI, Mariko WADA, Kenji OKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180206740
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi FUJII, Kenji OKAMOTO, Phuong Thuy LE, Noriyoshi TAKAHASHI, Takeshi SHIRAKAWA, Tetsu KUROKI
  • Patent number: 9950508
    Abstract: An electrostatic screen printer includes: an electrically conductive screen arranged in non-contact with a printing medium; sponges for rubbing a powder into the screen; and a direct current power source for applying a voltage to the printing medium and the powder, wherein the powder rubbed into the screen is adhered to the printing medium by electrostatic induction. The electrostatic screen printer includes a rotation mechanism for rotating the sponges, a parent revolution mechanism for parent revolution of the sponges, and a child revolution mechanism for child revolution of the sponges. The revolution speed ratio of the child revolution to the parent revolution may preferably be 4.0 or greater, a scraper is provided on the parent revolution mechanism so as to be interlocked with the revolution of the sponges, and the scraper is arranged so as to scrape the powder on the screen toward an axis of the parent revolution because of the interlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideyuki Fukui, Kenji Okamoto, Yasushi Takano
  • Patent number: 9875952
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a heat releasing heatsink, a printed circuit board provided on the heatsink and having a through hole and wires, a metal case having a depressed portion fitted in the through hole and mounted on a top of the heatsink, and a heat releasable insulating layer made of a ceramic material and disposed between a bottom of the depressed portion and a top portion of the heat sink. A power semiconductor element is mounted in the depressed portion and electrically connected to the wires of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20170365400
    Abstract: A transformer is configured to include a pair of cores that each have an inner leg, wherein a primary winding that is wound around a bobbin having a hollow into which the inner legs of the cores are inserted and that is hermetically sealed with resin material, and a secondary winding that has a hollow into which the inner legs of the cores are inserted and that is constituted of a conductor formed by die-cutting a metal plate into a ring are dispersedly arranged over the inner legs of the cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi WATANABE, Kenji OKAMOTO, Tatsuya GANBE
  • Patent number: 9707871
    Abstract: A headrest has a pad that is formed integrally with an outer cover by foam molding, and is also provided with: a low-resilience layer that is set in a front part of the pad and has lower resilience than the pad; a support member that is harder than the pad and supports the low-resilience layer from a backside of the low-resilience layer; and a blocking member that is located at a position to cover a contact area of the low-resilience layer and the support member from an outer circumference side while being in contact with at least one of the low-resilience layer and the support member and blocks infiltration of a foamed resin material of the pad into the contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, INOAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Naoki Mitsuoka, Satoru Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 9706664
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system includes a screen printing device, an inspection device, an electronic component mounting device, a feedback part that generates, based on inspection data formed by the inspection device, first information about corrections on control parameters pertinent to positioning of a mask to a substrate in the screen printing device, and a feedforward part that generates, based on the inspection data, second information about corrections on electronic component mount coordinates in the electronic component mounting device. The feedback part generates the first information based on the first print displacement value. The feedforward part generates the second information based on the second print displacement value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Masahiro Kihara, Katsuhiko Itoh
  • Publication number: 20170179519
    Abstract: An all-solid-state secondary battery includes a positive electrode layer (2) and a negative electrode layer (4) that are disposed on a positive electrode current collector (1) and a negative electrode current collector (5), respectively, and are pressurized thereon, and a solid electrolyte layer (3) interposed between the positive electrode layer (2) and the negative electrode layer (4). The positive electrode layer (2) and the negative electrode layer (4) contain a sulfide inorganic solid electrolyte, and the positive electrode current collector (1) and the negative electrode current collector (5) have a peel strength of at least 0.2 N/mm relative to the sulfide inorganic solid electrolyte in a peel test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Yasushi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170153543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition including: an alkali-soluble resin (A) having more than 30% by mass and less than 70% by mass of a structural unit represented by the Formula (1) below; a compound (B) having at least one ethylenically unsaturated double bond per molecule; and a photo radical polymerization initiator (C) having an oxime ester structure; wherein a content of the photo radical polymerization initiator (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the alkali-soluble resin (A) is 3 to 20 parts by mass. In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group. R2 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group. R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an optionally substituted alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisanori AKIMARU, Kenji OKAMOTO, Hirokazu SAKAKIBARA, Makoto KATSURAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170144429
    Abstract: An electrostatic screen printer includes: an electrically conductive screen arranged in non-contact with a printing medium; sponges for rubbing a powder into the screen; and a direct current power source for applying a voltage to the printing medium and the powder, wherein the powder rubbed into the screen is adhered to the printing medium by electrostatic induction. The electrostatic screen printer includes a rotation mechanism for rotating the sponges, a parent revolution mechanism for parent revolution of the sponges, and a child revolution mechanism for child revolution of the sponges. The revolution speed ratio of the child revolution to the parent revolution may preferably be 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Hideyuki FUKUI, Kenji OKAMOTO, Yasushi TAKANO
  • Patent number: 9661793
    Abstract: In mounting position correction of detecting a position of printed solder, calculating a positional-shift amount between a position of an electrode and the position of the printed solder, and correcting a mounting position based on the calculated positional-shift amount, when a correction amount based on the calculated positional-shift amount exceeds a limit value which indicates an upper limit of the correction amount which is defined and allowed in mounting information, the electronic component is mounted on the mounting position which is corrected by considering the limit value as the correction amount. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately employ mounting position correction by considering a solder printing position as a reference in accordance with the degree of printing position shift, and to obtain an expected joint quality improvement effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Itoh, Mitsuo Nakamura, Daisuke Nagai, Kenji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9643285
    Abstract: A soldering flux is disclosed which exhibits improved shape retention properties during printing, can inhibit sagging upon heating, and exhibits high electrical reliability between conductors. The soldering flux contains an epoxy resin, an organic carboxylic acid and, as a heat-resistant shape-retaining agent, and a plastic having a linear structure, wherein the epoxy resin and the organic carboxylic acid are blended so that the quantity of carboxyl groups in the organic carboxylic acid is 0.8 to 2.0 equivalents relative to 1.0 equivalent of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin, and the total quantity of the epoxy resin, the organic carboxylic acid and the plastic having a linear structure is 70 mass % or more relative to the total mass of the flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ganbe, Kenji Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20170127514
    Abstract: A highly thermally conductive printed circuit board prevents electrochemical migration by inhibiting elution of copper ions. The printed circuit board is a metal-base printed circuit board including a metal base plate having an insulating resin layer and a copper foil layer stacked thereon in this order. In the printed circuit board, the insulating resin layer contains a first inorganic filler made of inorganic particles having particle diameters of 0.1 nm to 600 nm with an average particle diameter (D50) of 1 nm to 300 nm, and a second inorganic filler made of inorganic particles having particle diameters of 100 nm to 100 ?m with an average particle diameter (D50) of 500 nm to 20 ?m, and the first inorganic filler and the second inorganic filler are uniformly dispersed in the insulating resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Ohki, Yuichi Hirose, Genta Wada, Toshikatsu Tanaka, Kenji Okamoto