Patents by Inventor Kentaro Inoue
Kentaro Inoue 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: 20240144330Abstract: A rental fee calculation device for calculating a rental fee for renting a battery to be rented when the battery is rented to a user via a battery storage apparatus configured to allow the battery to be attached and detached includes: a first fee calculation unit configured to calculate a first fee based on a rental period from when the battery is removed from the battery storage apparatus to when the battery is returned; a second fee calculation unit configured to calculate a second fee based on a used power amount discharged by the battery during the rental period; a rental fee calculation unit configured to calculate the rental fee based on the first fee and the second fee; and an input and output unit functioning as an output unit configured to output rental fee information indicating the calculated rental fee.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA, Michiyo INOUE, Kotaro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240127326Abstract: In a battery rental management device for controlling a battery storage apparatus provided in a predetermined management area where a worker works and configured to allow a battery to be rented to be attached and detached, in response to receiving a rental request for the battery which includes identification information of a desiring user, a storage unit configured to store identification information of an authorized user who has an authority to use the battery is referred to, and whether the desiring user is the authorized user is determined based on the identification information of the desiring user, and the desiring user is permitted to rent the battery based on a determination that the desiring user is the authorized user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Michiyo INOUE, Kotaro NAKAMURA, Hiroshi MORIYAMA, Kentaro SUGIMURA
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Publication number: 20240121530Abstract: A light detector is configured such that a light receiving portion having APDs and a peripheral portion are provided on a first principal surface of a p-type semiconductor substrate, and further includes a back electrode provided on a second principal surface of the semiconductor substrate and a p-type first separation portion provided between the light receiving portion and the peripheral portion. The APD has, on a first principal surface side, an n-type region and a p-epitaxial layer contacting the n-type region in a Z-direction. The peripheral portion has an n-type MISFET provided at a p-well and an n-well provided to surround entire side and bottom portions of the p-well.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Tatsuya KABE, Hideyuki ARAI, Hisashi AIKAWA, Yuki SUGIURA, Akito INOUE, Mitsuyoshi MORI, Kentaro NAKANISHI, Yusuke SAKATA
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Patent number: 10488357Abstract: In order to avoid an electrode from disturbing a flow of a fluid in a flow channel in case that the electrode of an electric conductivity meter is arranged in the flow channel, the electric conductivity meter comprises two tubular electrodes inside of each of which respectively formed is an inner flow channel where the fluid flows, and an electrode holder that communicates each of the inner flow channels of the two electrodes and that holds the two electrodes. The electrode holder holds the two electrodes by making an engagement with each outer peripheral surface of mutually facing axial direction end parts of the two electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO, CO., LTD.Inventors: Riichiro Suzuki, Hidekazu Takahashi, Kentaro Inoue, Hiroko Kizaki
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Publication number: 20180120247Abstract: In order to avoid an electrode from disturbing a flow of a fluid in a flow channel in case that the electrode of an electric conductivity meter is arranged in the flow channel, the electric conductivity meter comprises two tubular electrodes inside of each of which respectively formed is an inner flow channel where the fluid flows, and an electrode holder that communicates each of the inner flow channels of the two electrodes and that holds the two electrodes. The electrode holder holds the two electrodes by making an engagement with each outer peripheral surface of mutually facing axial direction end parts of the two electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Riichiro SUZUKI, Hidekazu TAKAHASHI, Kentaro INOUE, Hiroko KIZAKI
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Patent number: 9897570Abstract: In order to improve measurement accuracy by accurately calibrating sensitivity of a dissolved oxygen meter without impairing easiness in calibration, the present invention includes a dissolved oxygen measuring device that includes a cell to be loaded with a sample solution, and a dissolved oxygen meter that is attached to the cell and measures an oxygen concentration in the sample solution; and a mode switching mechanism to switch between a measurement mode, in which a sensor surface of the dissolved oxygen meter is substantially in contact with the sample solution in the cell, and a calibration mode, in which the sensor surface is substantially not in contact with the sample solution in the cell, by feeding air into the cell through a feed port disposed on the cell, and by discharging part of the sample solution through a discharge port disposed on the cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Inoue, Riichiro Suzuki
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Patent number: 9829461Abstract: A measuring device comprises a guard electrode that is arranged around a cathode, reduces oxygen that is not from an oxygen permeable membrane, and inhibits the oxygen from reaching the cathode. The guard electrode is electrically connected to an anode through a resistor having a prescribed resistance.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Riichiro Suzuki, Kentaro Inoue
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Publication number: 20160131614Abstract: In order to improve measurement accuracy by accurately calibrating sensitivity of a dissolved oxygen meter without impairing easiness in calibration, the present invention includes a dissolved oxygen measuring device that includes a cell to be loaded with a sample solution, and a dissolved oxygen meter that is attached to the cell and measures an oxygen concentration in the sample solution; and a mode switching mechanism to switch between a measurement mode, in which a sensor surface of the dissolved oxygen meter is substantially in contact with the sample solution in the cell, and a calibration mode, in which the sensor surface is substantially not in contact with the sample solution in the cell, by feeding air into the cell through a feed port disposed on the cell, and by discharging part of the sample solution through a discharge port disposed on the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kentaro Inoue, Riichiro Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150308975Abstract: A measuring device comprises a guard electrode that is arranged around a cathode, reduces oxygen that is not from an oxygen permeable membrane and inhibits the oxygen from reaching the cathode. The guard electrode is electrically connected to an anode through a resistor having a prescribed resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Riichiro Suzuki, Kentaro Inoue
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Patent number: 4463773Abstract: A safety shut-off valve opening a flow path between the primary and secondary sides in case of usual operation, while shutting off the aforesaid path in response to an emergency shut-off signal, and particularly such safety shut-off valve cannot be reset unitl it is confirmed that there is no more leakage of gas on the secondary side of the shut-off valve after the shut-off action was once effected, thereby to attaining a very high safeness.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1982Date of Patent: August 7, 1984Assignee: Yamatake-Honeywell Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadashi Kojima, Tetsuo Uchihama, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Eiichi Morozumi, Kentaro Inoue, Naomichi Shito
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Patent number: 4458487Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator utilizing a fluid pressure obtained from an electromagnetic pump, wherein according to the present invention, there is provided a responsive member displaceable in response to the pressure of a fluid forced into a second chamber from a first chamber. The responsive member displaceable as described can operate a valve member or the like coupled thereto in an on-off control or a proportional control with a large stroke in a reliable manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1982Date of Patent: July 10, 1984Assignee: Honeywell Inc.Inventors: Tadashi Kojima, Tetsuo Uchihama, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Eiichi Morozumi, Kentaro Inoue, Hitoshi Tanaka, Shyuji Morio, Shunji Ichida