Patents by Inventor Kenji Yano
Kenji Yano 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: 20240128461Abstract: Provided is a conductive undercoating agent, including: a conductive carbon material; a binding agent; and a solvent, wherein the conductive carbon material is flaked graphite having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 200 nm and a specific surface area of from 10 m2/g to 40 m2/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji KAKIAGE, Ryo TANIUCHI, Ryo MACHIDA, Yohei AOYAMA, Toru YANO
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Publication number: 20240122296Abstract: Footwear includes a sole portion that supports a foot sole of a foot of a wearer, the sole portion including a ground contact surface and a shock absorbing portion formed of an elastic body. The shock absorbing portion includes a three-dimensional mesh structure portion in which a plurality of unit structures are repeatedly arranged so as to be adjacent to each other and an irregularly shaped portion that has a different shape from each of the unit structures and is at least partially embedded in the three-dimensional mesh structure portion. The irregularly shaped portion includes a protruding plate portion in which a central portion protrudes relative to a peripheral edge portion in a direction orthogonal to the ground contact surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
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Publication number: 20240122295Abstract: Footwear includes a shell including an outsole portion; and a sole body including a footbed portion. The footbed portion includes a shock absorbing portion formed of a three-dimensional mesh structure body so as to extend to a peripheral surface of the footbed portion. An engaged portion is disposed in an inner side surface of the outsole portion, and an engaging portion is disposed in a portion of the shock absorbing portion that corresponds to the peripheral surface. One of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a protruding portion while the other one of the engaged portion and the engaging portion is a cutout portion provided as a recessed portion or a hole portion. An occupied volume ratio of a region including at least a portion defining the engaging portion in the shock absorbing portion is locally increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
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Publication number: 20240122297Abstract: Footwear includes a footbed portion including a support region. The support region includes an upper surface-side projection portion forming region having a plurality of upper surface-side projection portions. A maximum outer dimension in a cross-section orthogonal to a projecting direction of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not greater than 3.0 mm. A projection length of each of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 4.0 mm and not greater than 13.0 mm, and an arrangement density of the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions in the upper surface-side projection portion forming region is not less than 10% and not greater than 100% in terms of an area ratio. An elastic modulus of a material forming the plurality of upper surface-side projection portions is not less than 0.1 MPa and not greater than 100 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Yuka MATSUHISA, Seiji YANO, Kenji HIRATA, Genki HATANO
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Publication number: 20240067764Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) for olefin polymer production contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the formula (1). Preferably, a propylene polymer that is obtained by the olefin polymerization method and has specific thermal properties as determined primarily by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
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Publication number: 20240067763Abstract: The solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the following formula (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
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Patent number: 9796398Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor, a four-way valve, expansion means, and an indoor heat exchanger, and further includes a check valve disposed between a discharge side of the compressor and the four-way valve, a first solenoid valve disposed between the expansion means and the indoor heat exchanger, and a controller. Opening and closing of the first solenoid valve are controllable. The controller switches the four-way valve and switches the first solenoid valve between open and closed states. When a heating operation is stopped, the controller switches the four-way valve from connection for the heating operation to connection for a cooling operation, closes the first solenoid valve, and then stops the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Junpei Mizobata, Wahei Shingu, Kenji Yano, Atsushi Nagata
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Patent number: 9142147Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs store feature information relating to features existing on a road and on the periphery of the road, each piece of feature information being associated with a unique identification symbol, each piece of feature information including disposition information expressing a spatial disposition of each feature independently of the road network, form information expressing a form of each feature, accuracy information expressing an accuracy of the information, and acquisition timing information expressing an acquisition timing of the information. The systems, methods, and programs (1) output the feature information stored in the feature database and input map information constituting the map database, the map information being generated based on the output feature information, or (2) generate map information constituting the map database on the basis of the feature information stored in the feature database.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA MAPMASTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Sadahiro Koshiba, Masahiro Tsujiko, Kazuteru Maekawa, Hironobu Sugimoto, Motohiro Nakamura, Kenji Yano, Yuichi Ochi, Shoji Iwata, Kenji Shono, Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
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Patent number: 8960147Abstract: An intake manifold is provided with a chamber member provided with an exhaust port and a chamber formed therein, a port member provided with an intake groove forming a ventilation passage bent so as to be communicated with the exhaust port and the chamber of the chamber member when the chamber member and the port member are welded together, and a cover member that covers the port member from a side opposite to the welded side between the chamber member and the port member. The intake groove has an outer wall surface opposing to the chamber member is formed with a reinforcing member so as to protrude from at least one of the port member side or chamber member side toward another one thereof, and the reinforcing member extends along an extending direction of the intake groove, the reinforcing member is welded to another reinforcing member protruding from another outer wall surface of the port member and chamber member, or from the port member and the chamber member.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Roki Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Yano
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Publication number: 20140352338Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a compressor, a four-way valve, expansion means, and an indoor heat exchanger, and further includes a check valve disposed between a discharge side of the compressor and the four-way valve, a first solenoid valve disposed between the expansion means and the indoor heat exchanger, and a controller. Opening and closing of the first solenoid valve are controllable. The controller switches the four-way valve and switches the first solenoid valve between open and closed states. When a heating operation is stopped, the controller switches the four-way valve from connection for the heating operation to connection for a cooling operation, closes the first solenoid valve, and then stops the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Junpei Mizobata, Wahei Shingu, Kenji Yano, Atsushi Nagata
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Patent number: 8892522Abstract: There is provided a map information providing technology that can keep map information very fresh at all times.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignees: Zenrin Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Mapmaster Inc., Aisin AW Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Sugimoto, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Masahiro Tsujiko, Koji Uchiyama, Yoshikatsu Matsumoto, Kaname Miyazaki, Kenji Yano, Yuichi Ochi
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Publication number: 20120021179Abstract: An intake unit includes a first member, a second member and a third member, which are manufactured separately and then welded together under application of pressure, wherein a welded portion between the first member and the second member and a welded portion between the second member and the third member are positioned in an overlapped manner, and a first jig receiving surface is formed to the overlapped welded portion between the welded portion between the second member and the first member and the welded portion between the second member and the third member so as to avoid the overlapping therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: ROKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro OHTA, Kenji YANO
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Patent number: 7909592Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Yano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sugawa, Kunio Tojo, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Masahiro Sugihara, Toshihide Koda
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Patent number: 7790692Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of growth factors in improving tissue survival. In particular, the invention describes methods for enhancing organ transplant, musculocutaneous flap or skin graft survival by administering a nucleic acid sequence encoding hepatocyte growth factor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Anges MG Inc.Inventors: Tateki Kubo, Marvin A. Tanag, Kenji Yano, Ko Hosokawa, Ryuichi Morishita
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Patent number: 7766633Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a compression section having an orbiting scroll with volutes that are substantially symmetrically formed on both surfaces of an orbiting base plate. A main shaft penetrates through and is fixed to a center portion of the base plate. A pair of fixed scrolls is placed on both surfaces of the orbiting scroll, and has volutes which correspond to the respective volutes of the orbiting scroll to form compression chambers. The main shaft has a notch part which is formed at a portion penetrating through the orbiting scroll and fixed scrolls. A slider is provided which has an eccentric hole including a flat slide surface corresponding to the notch part. The slider is fitted to the main shaft where the notch part is formed. The slider is made slidable in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the main shaft by the flat slide surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Kenji Yano, Fumihiko Ishizono, Kunio Tojo, Masaaki Sugawa, Masahiro Sugihara, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Toshihide Koda
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Publication number: 20100121886Abstract: Systems, methods, and programs store feature information relating to features existing on a road and on the periphery of the road, each piece of feature information being associated with a unique identification symbol, each piece of feature information including disposition information expressing a spatial disposition of each feature independently of the road network, form information expressing a form of each feature, accuracy information expressing an accuracy of the information, and acquisition timing information expressing an acquisition timing of the information. The systems, methods, and programs (1) output the feature information stored in the feature database and input map information constituting the map database, the map information being generated based on the output feature information, or (2) generate map information constituting the map database on the basis of the feature information stored in the feature database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA MAPMASTER INCORPORATEDInventors: Sadahiro Koshiba, Masahiro Tsujiko, Kazuteru Maekawa, Hironobu Sugimoto, Motohiro Nakamura, Kenji Yano, Yuichi Ochi, Shoji Iwata, Kenji Shono, Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20100011022Abstract: There is provided a map information providing technology that can keep map information very fresh at all times.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: ZENRIN CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA MAPMASTER INC., AISIN AW CO. LTD.Inventors: Hironobu Sugimoto, Sadahiro Koshiba, Kazuteru Maekawa, Masahiro Tsujiko, Koji Uchiyama, Yoshikatsu Matsumoto, Kaname Miyazaki, Kenji Yano, Yuichi Ochi
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Patent number: 7645130Abstract: A scroll compressor that has reduced leakage loss and high efficiency includes an orbiting scroll that has spiral teeth on two surfaces, and a fixed scrolls that face the surfaces of the orbiting scroll and that have spiral teeth that intermesh with the spiral of the orbiting scroll. Tip seals are mounted only to a spiral tooth of one of the fixed scrolls that intermeshes with a spiral tooth of the orbiting scroll and a spiral tooth of the orbiting scroll.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Shin Sekiya, Masayuki Kakuda, Toshihide Koda, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Kunio Tojo, Kenji Yano, Masaaki Sugawa, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masahiro Sugihara
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Patent number: 7614860Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Yano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sugawa, Kunio Tojo, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Masahiro Sugihara, Toshihide Koda
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Publication number: 20090185936Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided which has favorable assembling property, does not require a thrust bearing, has a bearing structure for bearing a compression section at both sides thereof and has a simple structure of a scroll.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Yano, Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masaaki Sugawa, Kunio Tojo, Fumihiko Ishizono, Masayuki Kakuda, Shin Sekiya, Masahiro Sugihara, Toshihide Koda