Patents by Inventor Koji Nishio
Koji Nishio 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: 20240133592Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a main circuit and a bypass circuit. The main circuit includes: a compressor; a first condenser; a first refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger; a first expansion device; a first branching portion; a first evaporator; a third branching; and a fourth branching portion. The bypass includes: a second expansion device; the first refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger; and a second branching portion. The second branching portion includes a liquid outflow pipe and a gas outflow pipe. The liquid outflow pipe defines one outlet for the refrigerant and is located below the gas outflow pipe. The gas outflow pipe defines another outlet for the refrigerant and is located above the liquid outflow pipe. The one outlet of the second branching portion communicates with the third branching portion. The other outlet of the second branching portion communicates with the fourth branching portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kosuke MIYAWAKI, Yuki MIZUNO, Soshi IKEDA, Jun NISHIO, Yuji MOTOMURA, Koji FURUYA, Hiroki WASHIYAMA
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Patent number: 11916389Abstract: A grid interconnection system for a power grid includes: a storage battery; a power conversion device that converts power from the storage battery into AC; and an interconnection control device that supplies power from a commercial power supply to a load and supplies power from the power conversion device to the load when the commercial power supply fails. When the commercial power supply is restored, the interconnection control device starts supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load, and stops supply of power from the power conversion device to the load after the supply of power from the commercial power supply to the load is started.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: DAIHEN CorporationInventors: Ryuhei Nishio, Akihiro Ohori, Nobuyuki Hattori, Koji Matsunaga
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Patent number: 11858297Abstract: With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Patent number: 11712930Abstract: With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20230126372Abstract: With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20230115117Abstract: In a pneumatic tire including belt layers in a tread portion, the belt layers include a cross belt pair in which reinforcing cords constituting the belt layers intersect each other between layers, a distance between a tire outer surface and an end point of the cross belt pair measured in parallel to a line segment connecting a ground contact edge and an edge portion on the outer side of the outermost groove in the width direction on an outer surface of the tread portion satisfies 15 mm?D1?25 mm, a distance between the belt layer and a carcass layer at a position corresponding to an outer end point in an effective width of the cross belt pair satisfies 2.5 mm?G1?9.0 mm, and a ratio between a height H? from a core separation point to a maximum outer diameter position of the carcass layer and a height H? to the maximum width position satisfies 0.55?H?/H??0.65.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventor: Koji NISHIO
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Patent number: 11524525Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire. A carcass line when 10% of a regular internal pressure is applied is composed of a curved line (S) connecting arcs having different radii of curvature and curved to project outward in a tire width direction and a curved line (T) curved to project inward in the tire width direction. A radius of curvature (Ri) at a point on the curved line (S) and a radius of curvature (Ri+1) at an adjacent point satisfy |Ri+1?Ri|/|(Ri+1+Ri)/2|?0.25. An inclination (?S) and an inclination (?T) at a connection point (Q) of the curved line (S) and the curved line (T) satisfy |?S??T|?8°. A ratio (H?/H?) between a radial height (H?) at a maximum outer diameter position of a carcass layer and a radial height (H?) at a tire maximum width position satisfies H?/H? ?0.58.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20220348039Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire. A carcass line when 10% of a regular internal pressure is applied is composed of a curved line (S) connecting arcs having different radii of curvature and curved to project outward in a tire width direction and a curved line (T) curved to project inward in the tire width direction. A radius of curvature (Ri) at a point on the curved line (S) and a radius of curvature (Ri+1) at an adjacent point satisfy |Ri+1?Ri|/|(Ri+1+Ri)/2|?0.25. An inclination (?S) and an inclination (?T) at a connection point (Q) of the curved line (S) and the curved line (T) satisfy |?S??T|8°. A ratio (H?/H?) between a radial height (H?) at a maximum outer diameter position of a carcass layer and a radial height (H?) at a tire maximum width position satisfies H?/H? ?0.58.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventor: Koji NISHIO
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Patent number: 11312190Abstract: This pneumatic tire includes bead cores formed by winding a bead wire. In a cross-sectional view of the bead core, the bead core has a wire array structure of a hexagon formed by winding the bead wires in a close-packed manner. The hexagon is a projecting hexagon with an obtuse internal angle at every vertex. A layer number M of wire cross sections in a Y-axis direction and a maximum value N_max of an array number N of the wire cross sections in an X-axis direction satisfy 0.75?M/N_max?1.30. A distance A in a lateral direction from a vertex of the hexagon on the innermost side in the lateral direction to the centroid of the hexagon, and a distance B in the lateral direction from a vertex of the hexagon on the outermost side in the lateral direction to the centroid of the hexagon, satisfy 1.05?B/A.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Patent number: 11260704Abstract: A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, an organic fiber reinforced layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, and a difference between a first height and a second height is from 3 mm to 15 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Patent number: 11207929Abstract: A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, a complex modulus of the second reinforcing rubber layer is from 10 MPa to 15 MPa, and a complex modulus of a shock absorbing rubber layer is from 2 MPa to 6 MPa.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20210394565Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a bead filler is on an outer circumference of a bead core, a carcass turned up end is inward of an outer diameter side end of the bead filler, the carcass end is spaced from a carcass body, a steel reinforcement is in each bead, a sidewall rubber extends from the sidewall to the bead, and a support layer is between the bead filler and the sidewall rubber to cover the carcass end and an end of the steel reinforcement, the support layer extending toward an outer diameter side and contacting the carcass body on an outer diameter side of the bead filler outer diameter side end, and a 100% modulus of the support layer is at least 1.5 times that of the bead filler, and the sidewall rubber, the bead filler and the sidewall rubber being adjacent to the support layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Koji NISHIO
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Publication number: 20210387484Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a bead filler is radially outward of a bead core, a carcass turned up end is radially inward of an outer side end of the bead filler, the turned up end is spaced from a carcass body, a reinforcement layer is laterally outward of the bead filler, a sidewall rubber extends from a sidewall to the bead, an inner rubber reinforcing layer is between the bead filler and the reinforcement layer and adjacent to the turned up end, a crack suppression layer is between the reinforcement layer and the sidewall rubber, the crack suppression layer extends 5 mm or more from where the crack suppression layer overlaps, the reinforcement layer contacts the carcass body radially outwardly of the bead filler, and a 100% modulus KcM100 of the crack suppression layer is at least 1.5 times that of the sidewall rubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventor: Koji NISHIO
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Publication number: 20200156418Abstract: This pneumatic tire includes bead cores formed by winding a bead wire. In a cross-sectional view of the bead core, the bead core has a wire array structure of a hexagon formed by winding the bead wires in a close-packed manner. The hexagon is a projecting hexagon with an obtuse internal angle at every vertex. A layer number M of wire cross sections in a Y-axis direction and a maximum value N_max of an array number N of the wire cross sections in an X-axis direction satisfy 0.75?M/N_max?1.30. A distance A in a lateral direction from a vertex of the hexagon on the innermost side in the lateral direction to the centroid of the hexagon, and a distance B in the lateral direction from a vertex of the hexagon on the outermost side in the lateral direction to the centroid of the hexagon, satisfy 1.05?B/A.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20190241025Abstract: With a pneumatic tire not mounted on a rim, in a meridian cross-section a first line is parallel with an innermost bottom side of a bead core in a radial direction and passes through an outermost projection of the bead core in a lateral direction, a second line is orthogonal with the first line at the outermost projection, a third line is orthogonal with the first line and passes through an intersection of a rim cushion rubber, a distance between the second and third lines is 2.0 to 4.0 mm, a shortest distance between an innermost projection of the bead core in the lateral direction and a cord of a carcass layer is 0.6 to 1.4 mm, and a shortest distance between an innermost end of the bottom side of the bead core in the lateral direction and the cord of the carcass layer is 1.2 to 2.2 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20190054777Abstract: A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, a complex modulus of the second reinforcing rubber layer is from 10 MPa to 15 MPa, and a complex modulus of a shock absorbing rubber layer is from 2 MPa to 6 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20180370295Abstract: A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, an organic fiber reinforced layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, and a difference between a first height and a second height is from 3 mm to 15 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventor: Koji Nishio
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Publication number: 20180192547Abstract: According to this method of heat dissipation, a first heat dissipation sheet is pasted on an internal wall surface of a wall of a housing, and a second heat dissipation sheet is pasted on an external wall surface of the wall of the housing so that the wall of the housing is positioned between the first heat dissipation sheet and the second heat dissipation sheet. The first and the second heat dissipation sheets include a heat conductive layer, a heat radiation layer adjacent to a first surface of the heat conductive layer, and a base adjacent to a second surface of the heat conductive layer. The base contains a heat conductive silicone resin having hardness of 40 or less in ASKER C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Koji Nishio, Wataru Ushijima, Ryoichi Sumiyoshi, Yasuhisa Ishihara
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Publication number: 20160020469Abstract: An air cathode for air batteries, having excellent high-rate discharge performance, and an air battery comprising the air cathode, are set forth. The air cathode for air batteries uses oxygen as an active material and may be configured to form an air battery comprising the air cathode, an anode and an electrolyte layer present between the air cathode and the anode. The air cathode includes: a catalyst layer that contains at least an electrode catalyst and an electroconductive material; an oxide as the electrode catalyst, which is active against at least oxygen reduction reaction; and at least one kind of metal carbide as the electroconductive material, selected from a tungsten carbide, a titanium carbide and a molybdenum carbide.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Yukinari KOTANI, Shinji NAKANISHI, Koji NISHIO, Tomohiko OKUGAKI
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Patent number: 9225018Abstract: The present invention is to provide an air cathode for air batteries, having excellent high-rate discharge performance, and an air battery comprising the air cathode. Disclosed is an air cathode for air batteries, using oxygen as an active material and configured to form an air battery comprising the air cathode, an anode and an electrolyte layer present between the air cathode and the anode, the air cathode comprising: a catalyst layer which contains at least an electrode catalyst and an electroconductive material; an oxide as the electrode catalyst, which is active against at least oxygen reduction reaction; and at least one kind of metal carbide as the electroconductive material, selected from the group consisting of a tungsten carbide, a titanium carbide and a molybdenum carbide.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KYOTO UNIVERSITYInventors: Yukinari Kotani, Shinji Nakanishi, Koji Nishio, Tomohiko Okugaki