Patents by Inventor Kenji Yamamoto

Kenji Yamamoto 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).

  • Patent number: 10662521
    Abstract: A substrate with a transparent electrode which includes an amorphous transparent electrode layer on a transparent film substrate. When a bias voltage of 0.1 V is applied to the amorphous transparent electrode layer, the layer has continuous regions where a current value at a voltage-applied surface is 50 nA or more. Each of the continuous regions has an area of 100 nm2 or more and the number of the continuous regions is 50/?m2 or more. In one embodiment, the layer has a tin oxide content of 6.5% or more and 8% or less by mass. With respect to the substrate with a transparent electrode according to the present invention, the transparent electrode layer may be crystallized in a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironori Hayakawa, Takashi Kuchiyama, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20200131823
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a wire facing surface of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail; and a wire configured to drive the slider along the operation direction with respect to the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a wire facing surface facing the wire along the operation direction, and the slider has a grease application portion for applying grease along the operation direction on the wire facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20200131833
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a main wall portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a main wall portion extending in a front-rear direction, and the slider has a main body portion facing the main wall portion of the guide rail abuttably from a vehicle width direction, and a grease application portion configured to apply grease along the operation direction on the main wall portion of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20200131834
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily supplying grease to a slider shoe and a support portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail. The slider has a slider shoe configured to support at least a part of the guide rail, and a grease injection hole configured to inject grease into an internal space of the slider shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Patent number: 10631559
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide extracts available for use in acidic beverage production and containing 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-, which is a useful substance with an improving effect on learning motivation. When an acid treatment step is included in the production of extracts containing 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-, it is possible to obtain acidic extracts which cause no sedimentation even when added to beverages. The extracts of the present invention can be added to beverages and so on without impairing the taste inherent to foods and beverages, and can be used for production of acidic beverages preferred by most consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, SUNTORY BEVERAGE & FOOD ASIA PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsubayashi, Kenji Yamamoto, Hiroshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10626962
    Abstract: A drive device includes a drum housing rotatably supports a drum, allows an outer tube end to be inserted into an outer tube connecting portion and allows a wire to pass through a wire passage portion, and a drive member rotates the drum. An anti-deflection portion limits deflection of the wire and is formed on the drum housing/drive member. The anti-deflection portion includes a range surrounded by a line connecting one end of the formation range of the spiral groove and one end of the formation range of the insertion hole at the outer tube end connected to the outer tube connecting portion and a line connecting the other end of the spiral groove formation range and the other end of the insertion hole formation range at the end of the outer tube connected to the outer tube connecting portion, in the rotational axis direction of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Muramatsu, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10612534
    Abstract: When a suction pressure is lower than a set suction pressure, and a crank chamber pressure is higher than a control pressure in a second supply passage, a first valve body reduces an opening degree of a suction passage, and a second valve body opens a bleed passage. When the suction pressure is higher than the set suction pressure, and the crank chamber pressure is higher than the control pressure, the first valve body increases the opening degree of the suction passage, and the second valve body opens the bleed passage. When the crank chamber pressure is lower than the control pressure, the first valve body reduces the opening degree of the suction passage, and the second valve body closes the bleed passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Akinobu Kanai, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10597566
    Abstract: An organopolysiloxane emulsion composition for release paper or a release film, said composition being produced by dispersing a mixture comprising components (A) to (D) as mentioned below in water: (A) an alkenyl-group-containing diorganopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups per molecule and having a viscosity of 1,000 Pa·s or less at 25° C., in an amount of 100 parts by mass; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two Si—H groups per molecule and having a viscosity of 1 Pa·s or less at 25° C., in such an amount that the number of moles of an Si—H group can become 0.5 to 10 times the number of moles of an alkenyl group in the component (A); (C) a curing catalyst, in an amount of 0.01 to 3 parts by mass; and (D) a polyether-modified and/or polyol-modified organosilicon compound, in an amount of 0.01 to 10 parts by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Tsutomu Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20200089461
    Abstract: A multi-screen display system includes a plurality of image display devices daisy-chained together, wherein an image display device further includes a storage unit configured to store at least schedule information representing a schedule to reproduce content, and a content reproduction controller configured to start reproducing the content according to the schedule information and the time information of a master image display device corresponding to one of the plurality of image display devices included in the multi-screen display system, and wherein the time information is sent from the master device to another image display device included in the multi-screen display system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Kenji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10593820
    Abstract: In the solar cell module, a first solar cell and a second solar cell are stacked together with an electroconductive member interposed therebetween, such that a cleaved surface-side periphery on a light-receiving surface of the first solar cell overlaps a periphery on a back surface of the second solar cell. The first solar cell and the second solar cell each have: photoelectric conversion section including a crystalline silicon substrate; collecting electrode; and back electrode. At a section where the first solar cell and the second solar cell are stacked, the collecting electrode of the first solar cell and the back electrode of the second solar cell are electrically connected to each other by coming into contact with the electroconductive member. An insulating member is provided on a part of the cleaved surface-side periphery on the light-receiving surface of the first solar cell, where the collecting electrode is not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiro Nakano, Kunta Yoshikawa, Toru Terashita, Masafumi Hiraishi, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10591442
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of checking defects of a rail for a vehicle with a high SN ratio. A detection device (2) for generating check data related to the defects of a railway rail RR (rail for a vehicle) is provided with an oscillating coil C1 (211) and an oscillating coil C2 (211) that are disposed on the surface opposite the railway rail RR and generate AC magnetic fields whose directions are opposite to each other, and a receiving coil (212) that is positioned between or in the vicinity the oscillation coils and that outputs a magnetic field waveform based on the magnetic fields received from the oscillating coils as the check data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuzo Kawabata, Akihiko Kandori, Noritake Shizawa, Kenji Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kanda
  • Patent number: 10591156
    Abstract: A burner includes: an inner gas nozzle which extends along an axis while surrounding the axis, and which is capable of supplying a furnace with an inner combustion oxygen containing gas; a fuel supply nozzle surrounding the inner gas nozzle as seen in a direction along the axis, the fuel supply nozzle being capable of supplying the furnace with a fluid mixture of a solid powder fuel and a carrier gas; an outer gas nozzle surrounding the fuel supply nozzle as seen in the direction along the axis, the outer gas nozzle being capable of supplying the furnace with an outer combustion oxygen containing gas; and a flow-velocity-ratio adjustment apparatus capable of adjusting a relative flow velocity ratio of a discharge flow velocity of the inner combustion oxygen containing gas to a discharge flow velocity of the outer combustion oxygen containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kiyama, Toshimitsu Ichinose, Miki Shimogori, Toshihiko Mine, Kenji Yamamoto, Ryuichiro Tanaka, Akira Baba, Koji Kuramashi, Koutaro Fujimura, Keigo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10570234
    Abstract: Provided are: a heavy release additive for a release sheet, for imparting an excellent release coating whereby heavy release force is obtained curability is not reduced, low-temperature curing is possible, and there is also minimal reduction in residual adhesion rate of a released adhesive sheet; an addition-reaction-type organopolysiloxane composition; and a release sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Tomoya Kanai, Koji Sakuta, Tsutomu Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10532079
    Abstract: Extracts or beverages whose ratio between the content of 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-(unit: ?g/100 g) and Brix (Bx) is 6 (?g/100 g)/Bx or more are good in flavor and feeling on the tongue and further have a good appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED, SUNTORY BEVERAGE & FOOD ASIA PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Matsubayashi, Kenji Yamamoto, Hiroshi Watanabe, Lee Kian Hong
  • Patent number: 10529882
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multi-junction photoelectric conversion device includes forming a first electrode on a first photoelectric conversion unit including a first semiconductor layer as a photoelectric conversion layer, the first electrode including a plurality of patterned regions separated from one another by separation grooves; and eliminating a leakage existing in the first semiconductor layer by applying a reverse bias voltage between one of the patterned regions of the first electrode and a second photoelectric conversion unit comprising a second semiconductor layer as a photoelectric conversion layer. The application of the reverse bias voltage is performed while irradiating the second photoelectric conversion unit with light, generating a photocurrent in the second photoelectric conversion unit that is larger than a photocurrent in the first photoelectric conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi Uzu, Mitsuru Ichikawa, Toru Terashita, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190371637
    Abstract: A substrate processing system having a plurality of substrate processing apparatuses, a host control apparatus, and a management apparatus is provided. The management apparatus determines a substrate processing apparatus that needs maintenance processing, based on operation information collected from each of the substrate processing apparatuses, and notifies a determination result to the substrate processing apparatus determined to need the maintenance processing. Each of the substrate processing apparatuses transmits information for executing the maintenance processing to the host control apparatuses upon receiving the determination result. The host control apparatus monitors an operation state of each of the substrate processing apparatuses, and, based on the operation state of the substrate processing apparatus that transmitted the information for executing the maintenance processing, controls a timing of performance of the maintenance processing with respect to the substrate processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Masuda, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190355828
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has an MIS structure that includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film on the semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. The gate insulating film has a layered structure that includes a base SiO2 layer and a high-k layer on the base SiO2 layer and containing Hf. The gate electrode has a portion made of a metal material having a work function of higher than 4.6 eV, the portion being in contact with at least the high-k layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Masatoshi AKETA, Hirokazu ASAHARA, Takashi NAKAMURA, Takuji HOSOI, Heiji WATANABE, Takayoshi SHIMURA, Shuji AZUMO, Yusaku KASHIWAGI
  • Patent number: 10479878
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-vibration rubber composition, including: the following component (A); and the following components (B) and (C), in which a blending amount of the component (B) falls within a range of from 15 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), and a blending amount of the component (C) falls within a range of from 50 parts by weight to 150 parts by weight with respect thereto. Thus, the anti-vibration rubber composition is excellent in anti-vibration rubber properties, such as rubber physical properties and durability, and is excellent in flame retardancy. (A) A diene-based rubber. (B) A halogen-based flame retardant having a melting point of 150° C. or less. (C) Aluminum hydroxide having an average particle diameter of 0.75 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiichi Muratani, Kenji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190345962
    Abstract: The vehicle component fastening structure includes: a boss receptacle and a boss provided in a pair of the vehicle components, and a fastening member for fastening the boss and the boss receptacle. The boss receptacle has a through-hole penetrating in a fastening axis direction and a nipped portion provided inside the through-hole. The boss has a fastener hole, and a leading end of the boss oriented to a first direction abuts on the nipped portion. The fastening member has a shank inserted into the through-hole and the fastener hole in a second direction and a head abutting on the nipped portion. In the fastened state, a bottom face of the head abuts on the nipped portion, and the entire bottom face and a portion of the nipped portion where the leading end of the boss abuts are placed within a range of the through-hole in the fastening axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MURAMATSU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190336569
    Abstract: A diketopiperazine mixture suitable for mixing with a food or drink and a method for producing the mixture. High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of plant peptides in a liquid allows production of a plant extract containing a high concentration of diketopiperazines including cyclo-leucyl-leucine and cyclo-leucyl-phenylalanine. Diketopiperazines having excellent flavor derived from a plant natural product and can produce a food or drink provided with the functions of the diketopiperazines by directly mixing the diketopiperazines with the food or drink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshinori Beppu, Koichi Nakahara, Tomonori Suzuki, Soichiro Shima, Yuka Murakami