Patents by Inventor Koji Matsuoka
Koji Matsuoka 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: 20240102184Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: an electrolyzer having an anode electrode that oxidizes water to generate a proton, a cathode electrode that hydrogenates a substance to be hydrogenated with the proton to generate an organic hydride, and a membrane that moves the proton together with dragged water from the side of the anode electrode to the side of the cathode electrode; an anolyte supplier that supplies the anolyte to the anode electrode; a water separator that separates the dragged water from the catholyte fed from the cathode electrode; and a water returner that sends the dragged water separated by the water separator to the anolyte supplier.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Kota MIYOSHI, Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Toru TAKAMURA, Koji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20240076786Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: a cathode chamber that equips a cathode electrode for hydrogenating a substance to be hydrogenated in a catholyte with a proton to produce an organic hydride; a cathode inlet that is connected to the cathode chamber and supplies an external catholyte into the cathode chamber; an upper cathode outlet that is connected to the cathode chamber and discharges the catholyte and hydrogen gas in the cathode chamber to the outside; and a lower cathode outlet that is connected to the cathode chamber below the upper cathode outlet and discharges the catholyte and water in the cathode chamber to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Toru TAKAMURA, Kohei IDE, Satoshi KIDOGUCHI, Koji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20240011175Abstract: An organic hydride producing system includes: an electrolytic bath having a cathode chamber; a catholyte supply device capable of supplying any catholyte selected from a plurality of the catholytes having different concentrations of substances to be hydrogenated to the cathode chamber; and a control device that controls the catholyte supply device so as to supply a catholyte to the cathode chamber, the catholyte having a specific concentration of a substance to be hydrogenated determined according to a magnitude of a current flowing in the electrolytic bath.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Shuro CHO, Koji MATSUOKA, Akira GOTO
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Publication number: 20240011170Abstract: A cathode catalyst layer includes a cathode catalyst to hydrogenate a substance to be hydrogenated and a water repellent including an aggregate of arbitrary primary particles, the water repellent having a higher affinity for the substance to be hydrogenated and an organic hydride than for water. A volume fraction of the water repellent in the cathode catalyst layer is higher than 10 vol % with respect to the volume of the total solid content of the cathode catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Toru TAKAMURA, Miyuki KANEZAWA, Koji MATSUOKA, Atsuo SONAI
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Publication number: 20240003027Abstract: An organic hydride production system includes: an electrolytic bath having a cathode chamber, a first cathode opening, and a second cathode opening, in which the first cathode opening is disposed below the second cathode opening; a catholyte supply device capable of switching between supply of a catholyte from the first cathode opening to the cathode chamber and supply of the catholyte from the second cathode opening to the cathode chamber; and a control device that controls the catholyte supply device so as to form an upflow of the catholyte in the cathode chamber in a steady state and form a downflow of the catholyte in the cathode chamber under a predetermined condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Miyuki KANEZAWA, Toru TAKAMURA, Koji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20230393129Abstract: Provided with a sheet and a backing sheet for reducing a background luminescence occurs in a fluorescent immunochromatography method. In an immunochromatographic kit having at least a membrane and a backing sheet, wherein a luminescence suppression sheet is provided between the membrane and the backing sheet, and a quantum yield measured by an absolute PL quantum yield spectrometer C11347 manufactured by Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. is 0.40% or less when the luminescence suppression sheet is irradiated with an excitation light having a wavelength of 365 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Ken HATANO, Koji MATSUOKA, Takahiko MATSUSHITA
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Publication number: 20230392270Abstract: A cathode catalyst layer includes a cathode catalyst to hydrogenate a substance to be hydrogenated, a porous catalyst support supporting the cathode catalyst, and a non-porous body including an aggregate of arbitrary primary particles. A volume fraction of the non-porous body in the cathode catalyst layer is higher than 10 vol % with respect to the volume of the total solid content of the cathode catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Toru TAKAMURA, Miyuki KANEZAWA, Koji MATSUOKA, Atsuo SONAI
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Publication number: 20230014927Abstract: An organic hydride generation system includes an electrolytic bath, a main power supplier, an auxiliary power supplier, a detector to detect a voltage of the electrolytic bath, a potential of an anode electrode, or a potential of a cathode electrode, and a controller to control the supply of power to the electrolytic bath. When it is detected that the voltage or the potential has changed to a specified value during operation stop of the organic hydride generation system in which the power from the main power supplier is not supplied to the electrolytic bath, the controller controls the auxiliary power supplier so as to supply the power to the electrolytic bath.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Yoshitatsu MISU, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO
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Patent number: 11519082Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, DE NORA PERMELEC LTD.Inventors: Shigenori Mitsushima, Kensaku Nagasawa, Yoshinori Nishiki, Akihiro Kato, Setsuro Ogata, Awaludin Zaenal, Akiyoshi Manabe, Koji Matsuoka, Yasushi Sato
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Publication number: 20220333257Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode, provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains a cathode catalyst used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride; an anode, provided opposite to the one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains an anode catalyst used to oxidize water to produce protons; and an anode support, provided opposite to the electrolyte membrane side of the anode, that supports the anode. The anode support is formed of an elastic porous body of which the Young's modulus is greater than 0.1 N/mm2 and less than 43 N/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicants: National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University, DE NORA PERMELEC LTDInventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Kensaku NAGASAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Setsuro OGATA, Akihiro KATO, Awaludin ZAENAL, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO
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Publication number: 20220316075Abstract: A method for controlling a hydrogen generation system includes controlling the potentials of an electrode for oxygen generation and an electrode for hydrogen generation included in an electrolyzer so that the potential change is smaller in the electrode for oxygen generation or the electrode for hydrogen generation having a larger deterioration rate than in the electrode having a smaller deterioration rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke HARADA, Koji MATSUOKA, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Yasushi SATO, Hirokazu KOJIMA, Naoya ITOU, Taku TSUJIMURA, Hirohide FURUTANI
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Publication number: 20220290314Abstract: The method for controlling an organic hydride generation system includes controlling potentials in an anode electrode and a cathode electrode such that a potential change in an electrode having a higher deterioration rate among the anode electrode and the cathode electrode included in an electrolytic bath is smaller than a potential change in an electrode having a lower deterioration rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: ENEOS CorporationInventors: Yoshitatsu MISU, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Koji MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20220260964Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus for fully utilizing the functions of a machine tool by correctly converting CL data into an NC program. The information processing apparatus includes a CL data acquirer that can acquire CL data including standardization information based on a rule defined among a plurality of output devices, thereby acquiring CL data including the standardization information associated with at least one of unique control information of the numerical control apparatus, unique control information of the machine tool, and unique control information of a user of the machine tool, and an NC program generator that acquires an NC code corresponding to the standardization information included in the CL data, and generates an NC program including the NC code based on the NC code and the CL data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko MORI, Naruhiro IRINO, Hironari SAKAMOTO, Yoji TSUKUI, Yasuhiro IMABEPPU, Koji MATSUOKA, Munetaka WAKIZAKA, Takaaki SOGA, Tetsuo OGAWA, Takashi YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11396567Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a fine fluorescent particle, which does not cause concentration quenching and has low ecotoxicity. Specifically, the present invention relates to a fine fluorescent particle containing an AIE-active compound, the particle consisting of a network polymer, wherein the fine fluorescent particle is characterized in that the AIE-active compound is, for example, a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein E represents silicon or germanium; R1 and R2, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and R3, R4, R5 and R6, which are the same or different, each represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SAITAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Ken Hatano, Takahiko Matsushita, Daisuke Fujikawa, Koji Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10987772Abstract: A tool management device for managing tools detachable from a plurality of tool stations provided in a turret of a machine tool includes a display controller controlling a display to display tool information related to one or more tools attached to each of the plurality of tool stations. The display controller switches, on a single screen, between a deployed state of deploying and displaying tool information related to all tools attached to one of the plurality of tool stations, and a folded state of folding and displaying tool information related to only one predetermined tool among the all tools attached to the one of the plurality of tool stations.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Takiguchi, Akio Sanada, Koji Matsuoka, Tetsushi Asada
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Publication number: 20200080212Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode, provided on one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains a cathode catalyst used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride; an anode, provided opposite to the one side of the electrolyte membrane, that contains an anode catalyst used to oxidize water to produce protons; and an anode support, provided opposite to the electrolyte membrane side of the anode, that supports the anode. The anode support is formed of an elastic porous body of which the Young's modulus is greater than 0.1 N/mm2 and less than 43 N/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicants: National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University, DE NORA PERMELEC LTDInventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Kensaku NAGASAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Setsuro OGATA, Akihiro KATO, Awaludin ZAENAL, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO
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Publication number: 20190352786Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicants: National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University, DE NORA PERMELEC LTDInventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Kensaku NAGASAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Akihiro KATO, Setsuro OGATA, Awaludin ZAENAL, Akiyoshi MANABE, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO
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Patent number: 10414255Abstract: A vehicle sunroof apparatus includes check mechanisms each including a rotary cam and a fixed cam. The fixed cam includes a switch guide which switches the check mechanism between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The switch guide allows advancement of the rotary cam which is at an advancement and retraction rotary position, pushes the rotary cam to a first rotary position, and further pushes the rotary cam to a second rotary position, the check mechanism is thereby switched to the engaged state. The switch guide pushes the rotary cam to a release preparation position, further pushes the rotary cam to the advancement and retraction rotary position, the check mechanism is thereby switched to the disengaged state. The fixed cam includes an initialization guide that pushes the rotary cam to the release preparation position.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Matsuoka, Hiroyuki Noda, Shintaro Katsura, Ryuuta Fukada
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Publication number: 20190276735Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a fine fluorescent particle, which does not cause concentration quenching and has low ecotoxicity. Specifically, the present invention relates to a fine fluorescent particle containing an AIE-active compound, the particle consisting of a network polymer, wherein the fine fluorescent particle is characterized in that the AIE-active compound is, for example, a compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein E represents silicon or germanium; R1 and R2, which are the same or different, each represent a hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and R3, R4, R5 and R6, which are the same or different, each represent a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: National University Corporation SAITAMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Ken Hatano, Takahiko Matsushita, Daisuke Fujikawa, Koji Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20190264340Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane having proton conductivity; a cathode that includes a cathode catalyst layer used to hydrogenate a hydrogenation target substance using protons to produce an organic hydride and also includes a cathode chamber; an anode that includes an anode catalyst layer used to oxidize water to produce protons and also includes an anode chamber; and a gas introduction unit that introduces, into the anolyte at a certain position, a certain gas used to remove at least one of the hydrogenation target substance and the organic hydride that have passed through the electrolyte membrane and been mixed into the anolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicants: National University Corporation YOKOHAMA National University, DE NORA PERMELEC LTDInventors: Shigenori MITSUSHIMA, Kensaku NAGASAWA, Yoshinori NISHIKI, Akihiro KATO, Setsuro OGATA, Awaludin ZAENAL, Akiyoshi MANABE, Koji MATSUOKA, Yasushi SATO