Patents by Inventor Kenta Kondo
Kenta Kondo 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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Patent number: 11972891Abstract: An inductor component includes a lamination of an insulating layer and a conductive layer. The insulating layer includes a base made of glass and inorganic particles dispersed in the base. Some of the inorganic particles partially project through the surface of the base into the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Miyoshi, Yasuo Matsumoto, Kenta Kondo
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Publication number: 20240136118Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body and an inductor wiring. The element body has a planar first main surface. The inductor wiring extends inside the element body. The inductor wiring includes a plurality of wiring portions arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The element body includes a plurality of interlayer insulating layers filling spaces between the wiring portions that are adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to the first main surface. The interlayer insulating layers each contain an insulating base material and a plurality of filler particles dispersed within the base material. In a first interlayer insulating layer, which is one of the plurality of interlayer insulating layers, the average particle size of the filler particles is less than or equal to the standard deviation of the thickness of the first interlayer insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rikiya SANO, Isamu MIYAKE, Kenta KONDO
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Patent number: 11964607Abstract: A vehicle loads at least one of a plurality of upper units having space to store a person or an object on an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels in the vehicle. The vehicle includes an under unit including a drive mechanism that rotates wheels and the at least one of the plurality of upper units loaded on the under unit. The under unit includes a loading unit, on which the at least one of the plurality of upper units as described above can be loaded. Each of the plurality of upper units includes a joint that joins to a different upper unit that is adjacently loaded.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Yabushita, Keiichi Kondo, Kaori Takahashi, Jin Xin, Daisuke Mizushima, Satoru Ando, Takeshi Murakami, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Kenta Miyahara, So Sawahira, Rina Mukai
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Publication number: 20240096551Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki OOTA, Tomohiro KIDO, Tomonori SAKATA, Masahiro KUBOTA, Kenta KONDO
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Publication number: 20240047129Abstract: An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rikiya SANO, Kenta KONDO, Yoshiyuki OOTA
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Patent number: 11886114Abstract: A photosensitive insulating paste according to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure contains glass frit, a first inorganic filler, a second inorganic filler, an alkali-soluble polymer, a photosensitive monomer, a photopolymerization initiator, and a solvent. The first inorganic filler has a refractive index of 1.7 or higher. The second inorganic filler has a refractive index of 1.55 or lower. An electronic component according to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure is produced by using the photosensitive insulating paste.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe
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Patent number: 11869708Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inductor component includes preparing an insulating paste that is photosensitive and that includes a filler material composed of quartz, a glass material and a resin material, and a conductive paste, forming a first insulating layer by applying the insulating paste, and exposing the first insulating layer in a state where a first portion of the first insulating layer is shielded by a mask. The method further includes removing the first portion of the first insulating layer to form a groove at a position corresponding to the first portion, applying the conductive paste in the groove to form a coil conductor layer in the groove, and applying the insulating paste on the first insulating layer and the coil conductor layer to form a second insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oota, Tomohiro Kido, Tomonori Sakata, Masahiro Kubota, Kenta Kondo
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Patent number: 11869706Abstract: An inductor component includes an element assembly formed of an insulator material and an inner electrode arranged in the element assembly. The insulator material contains a base material formed of an amorphous material containing B, Si, O, and K and a crystalline filler and includes a filler-poor glass portion in a region along the inner electrode. The content of the crystalline filler in the filler-poor glass portion is lower than the content of the crystalline filler in the element assembly excluding the filler-poor glass portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rikiya Sano, Kenta Kondo, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Patent number: 11817249Abstract: An inductor component includes an element body including insulating layers laminated on one another, and a coil conductor layer winding on a main surface of one of the insulating layers. The coil conductor layer contains sulfur.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Miyoshi, Kenta Kondo, Yasunari Nakashima
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Publication number: 20230357715Abstract: Provided is a method for producing effector cells expressing a desired specificity determining region. In this method, material cells that have a cassette deck structure with a cassette tape gene comprising a gene encoding a marker protein in their genome, wherein the material cells can be differentiated into the effector cells, and wherein the marker protein can be expressed in the effector cells or progenitor cells thereof when the material cells are differentiated into the effector cells or progenitor cells thereof are provided first. The material cells are proliferated, the proliferated cells are differentiated into the effector cells, and then, the gene encoding the marker protein in the effector cells is exchanged with a gene encoding a protein that contribute the desired specificity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Hiroshi KAWAMOTO, Yasutoshi AGATA, Seiji NAGANO, Koji TERADA, Kyoko MASUDA, Kenta KONDO
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Patent number: 11713819Abstract: A valve device includes: a body formed with a valve chamber, a first inflow passage, a second inflow passage, an outflow passage, and an annular groove and provided with a valve seat; and a diaphragm configured to communicate with and interrupt the second inflow passage and the outflow passage. An end portion of the second inflow passage is open to the valve chamber. The valve seat is provided on a peripheral edge of a location where the valve chamber and the second inflow passage communicate with each other. The annular groove is open to the valve chamber and is formed around the second inflow passage. An end portion of the outflow passage is open to the annular groove. The first inflow passage has a plurality of flow passages including an inflow port and a plurality of outflow ports, and each outflow port is open to the annular groove.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Nobuo Nakamura, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara
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Patent number: 11715590Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Publication number: 20230200556Abstract: In order to satisfy a conventional demand from users for easily portable chairs that can be used in a variety of situations, a chair includes: a main body having a seat surface and capable of being installed on an installation plane; and a backrest rotatably attached to the main body. The chair is configured to have a box-like shape having one or more faces that are positioned so as to cover two lateral sides and an upper side of the seat surface in a folded state in which the backrest covers the upper side of the seat surface. The one or more faces are constituted by outer surfaces of the main body and an outer surface of the backrest. This chair can be easily carried to various places.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Andrea PAVAN, Chris PEARCE, Florian GERLACH, Kenta KONDO, Jinji MIYAUCHI, Yuri MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 11598430Abstract: A valve device capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate includes: an operating member for operating a diaphragm and provided movably between a closed position at which diaphragm closes a flow path and an open position at which diaphragm opens the flow path; a main actuator that receives pressure from a supplied drive fluid and moves the operating member to the open position or the closed position; an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned in the open position by using a passive element which expands and contracts in response to a given input signal; a position detecting mechanism for detecting the position of the operating member with respect to a valve body; and an origin position determining unit that uses a valve closed state in which the diaphragm contacts to valve seat to determine an origin position of the position detecting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Daihi Tsuchiguchi, Toshihide Yoshida, Ryutaro Tanno, Yuya Suzuki, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Publication number: 20230054320Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro KIDO, Masahiro KUBOTA, Tomonori SAKATA, Kenta KONDO, Shimpei TANABE, Yoshiyuki OOTA
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Patent number: 11512993Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation with time, aging, or the like without using an external sensor or using as few external sensors as possible. The apparatus includes an adjusting actuator for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, a communication unit for receiving adjustment information relating to the adjustment of the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element from the outside of the apparatus, and a control unit for adjusting the position of the operating member by driving the adjusting actuator based on the adjustment information.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Patent number: 11506290Abstract: A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation due to aging, aging, etc. without using an external sensor. An adjusting actuator includes a piezoelectric element for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, and the drive circuit of the adjusting actuator includes a detecting unit for detecting an electric signal related to the amount of strain generated in the piezoelectric element, and a control unit for controlling the adjusting actuator so that the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element becomes the target opening degree based on the electric signal related to the amount of strain of the piezoelectric element.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Kenta Kondo, Toshihide Yoshida, Kenji Aikawa, Hidenobu Sato, Tomohiro Nakata, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masahiko Takimoto
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Patent number: 11508514Abstract: A multilayer inductor component includes an element body that is an insulator and a coil in which a plurality of coil conductor layers that extend along planes in the element body are electrically connected to each other. Also, each of the coil conductor layers includes metal part and glass part, and the glass part include internal glass portion that is entirely included in the metal part.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Masahiro Kubota, Tomonori Sakata, Kenta Kondo, Shimpei Tanabe, Yoshiyuki Oota
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Valve device, method for replacing valve body unit of valve device, and valve device assembly method
Patent number: 11506294Abstract: A valve body unit is configured to be disengaged from a stem by moving the stem and the valve body unit to a valve seat side in a state where a bonnet is separated from the valve seat, thereby pushing a replacement ring such that the replacement ring moves through the bonnet while decreasing in diameter and then drops down onto a ring dropping portion in the free state, then moving the stem, the valve body unit, and the replacement ring to an opposite side to the valve seat side such that a first surface comes into contact with a second surface and the ring dropping portion comes into contact with the replacement ring, and in this state, moving only the stem to the opposite side to the valve seat side such that the connection formed by a connecting mechanism between the stem connection portion and the stem is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATEDInventors: Hidenobu Sato, Kenta Kondo, Tomohiro Nakata, Masahiko Nakazawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Tomoko Yuhara -
Patent number: D1025611Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Ranir, LLCInventors: Florian Hilbig, Michal Holcer, Kenta Kondo, Heeju Kim, David Vondle, Bryan J. Dishon