Patents by Inventor Kotaro Maeda

Kotaro Maeda 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).

  • Patent number: 12228102
    Abstract: A starting system of an engine mounted on a vehicle includes an air reservoir; an air motor driven by compressed air supplied from the air reservoir; a battery; an electric motor driven by electric power from the battery; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit performs the step of controlling the air motor and/or the electric motor so that the engine is started by at least one, determined in accordance with an air pressure in the air reservoir, of an output of the air motor and an output of the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 12110408
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive laminate including a base material and a conductive ink film provided on the base material, in which a region that extends from a first main surface toward a second main surface to a position being away from the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 50% of a thickness of the conductive ink film has a first void ratio of 15% to 50%, a region that extends from a position being away from the second main surface toward the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 10% of the thickness of the conductive ink film to the second main surface has a second void ratio which is smaller than the first void ratio, and the conductive ink film comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, nickel, palladium, and copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Norihide Shimohara
  • Patent number: 12071557
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive laminate including a base material and a conductive ink film provided on the base material, in which a region that extends from a position being away from a first main surface toward a second main surface by a distance equivalent to 50% of a thickness of the conductive ink film to the second main surface has a first void ratio of 15% to 50%, and a second void ratio in a region that extends from the first main surface toward the second main surface to a position being away from the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 10% of the thickness of the conductive ink film has a second void ratio which is smaller than the first void ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Norihide Shimohara
  • Publication number: 20240190237
    Abstract: Controls when the abnormality in which the switching element of the lower arm of the step-up converter is short-circuited occurs and connection between the storage device and the step-up converter and the third inverter is released by the disconnection device the power generated by the first motor by the power from the engine in a state of turning off the switching element of the upper arm of the step-up converter and turning off the third inverter in a state of three-phase on, the engine and the first, the second, the third inverter and the switching element on the step-up converter are controlled so that the traveling travels while consuming by the second motor, when the temperature of the third motor exceeds the allowable temperature in the case of performing the limp home mode, to stop the limp home mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kotaro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230313772
    Abstract: A starting system of an engine mounted on a vehicle includes an air reservoir; an air motor driven by compressed air supplied from the air reservoir; a battery; an electric motor driven by electric power from the battery; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit performs the step of controlling the air motor and/or the electric motor so that the engine is started by at least one, determined in accordance with an air pressure in the air reservoir, of an output of the air motor and an output of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kotaro MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230220230
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive laminate including a base material and a conductive ink film provided on the base material, in which a region that extends from a position being away from a first main surface toward a second main surface by a distance equivalent to 50% of a thickness of the conductive ink film to the second main surface has a first void ratio of 15% to 50%, and a second void ratio in a region that extends from the first main surface toward the second main surface to a position being away from the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 10% of the thickness of the conductive ink film has a second void ratio which is smaller than the first void ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro MAEDA, Norihide Shimohara
  • Publication number: 20230212413
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive laminate including a base material and a conductive ink film provided on the base material, in which a region that extends from a first main surface toward a second main surface to a position being away from the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 50% of a thickness of the conductive ink film has a first void ratio of 15% to 50%, a region that extends from a position being away from the second main surface toward the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 10% of the thickness of the conductive ink film to the second main surface has a second void ratio which is smaller than the first void ratio, and the conductive ink film comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, nickel, palladium, and copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro MAEDA, Norihide SHIMOHARA
  • Publication number: 20190153969
    Abstract: A method for modelling engine emissions output is provided. The method includes determining a stoichiometric engine output emission value based on a dynamic data-based model and parameters associated with at least one engine operating state, wherein the at least one engine operating state is calculated at a substantially stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, selecting a target air-fuel ratio based on the at least one engine operating state and a desired engine performance, applying a predetermined static model to determine a correction factor to the stoichiometric engine output emission value, based on the target air-fuel ratio, and applying the correction factor to the determined stoichiometric engine output emission value to yield an air-fuel-ratio-corrected emission output value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
    Inventors: Julie LE LOUVETEL-POILLY, Julien BOUILLY, Kotaro MAEDA, Francois LAFOSSAS
  • Patent number: 10259219
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a main body member that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid droplet, a first pressure chamber that is linked to the nozzle, and a second pressure chamber that is linked to the nozzle; a first piezoelectric element that pressurizes the first pressure chamber by applying a first voltage, and causes the liquid droplet to be ejected from the nozzle; and a second piezoelectric element that pressurizes the second pressure chamber by applying a second voltage which is equal to or higher than the first voltage, and deflects the direction of the liquid droplets ejected from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Seto, Kotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 10118403
    Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting section having a plurality of nozzles arranged along an intersecting direction with a transport direction of a recording medium. Each nozzle ejects a main droplet and a sub-droplet smaller than the main droplet consecutively. Each nozzle can change a deflection amount in an ejecting direction of the main droplet along the intersecting direction. A control section performs, in a case where a defective nozzle exists in the nozzles, a control of deflecting the ejecting directions of the main droplets ejected from a nozzle positioned within a predetermined distance from the defective nozzle toward a landing position of a main droplet that should have ejected from the defective nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Shinji Seto
  • Publication number: 20180201019
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a main body member that includes a nozzle that ejects a liquid droplet, a first pressure chamber that is linked to the nozzle, and a second pressure chamber that is linked to the nozzle; a first piezoelectric element that pressurizes the first pressure chamber by applying a first voltage, and, causes the liquid droplet to be ejected from the nozzle; and a second piezoelectric element that pressurizes the second pressure chamber by applying a second voltage which is equal to or higher than the first voltage, and deflects the direction of the liquid droplets ejected from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Shinji Seto, Kotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: 9953736
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Otsuka, Masanobu Yoshimura, Kotaro Maeda, Jun Yoshimoto, Masashi Kimura, Taichirou Nishikawa, Misato Kusakari, Shinichi Kitamura, Hiroaki Takai
  • Publication number: 20180104962
    Abstract: A droplet ejecting apparatus includes: an ejecting section having a plurality of nozzles arranged along an intersecting direction with a transport direction of a recording medium. Each nozzle ejects a main droplet and a sub-droplet smaller than the main droplet consecutively. Each nozzle can change a deflection amount in an ejecting direction of the main droplet along the intersecting direction. A control section performs, in a case where a defective nozzle exists in the nozzles, a control of deflecting the ejecting directions of the main droplets ejected from a nozzle positioned within a predetermined distance from the defective nozzle toward a landing position of a main droplet that should have ejected from the defective nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Shinji Seto
  • Publication number: 20130255840
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki OTSUKA, Masanobu YOSHIMURA, Kotaro MAEDA, Jun YOSHIMOTO, Masashi KIMURA, Taichirou NISHIKAWA, Misato KUSAKARI, Shinichi KITAMURA, Hiroaki TAKAI
  • Patent number: 8476529
    Abstract: An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Otsuka, Masanobu Yoshimura, Kotaro Maeda, Jun Yoshimoto, Masashi Kimura, Taichirou Nishikawa, Misato Kusakari, Shinichi Kitamura, Hiroaki Takai
  • Patent number: 8421449
    Abstract: An eddy-current flaw detection device comprises a magnetic element group of which a specified number of magnetic elements are evenly spaced in each of at least two rows around the surface of a column shaped casing that can be inserted into a conductive pipe, with one row being located at a different position from the other row by ½ the even spacing in the row direction, and switching circuits for switching the magnetic elements in the respective row at time-division. The elements of one row function as magnetic field excitation elements, the elements of the other row function as magnetic field detection elements, and the eddy-current flaw detection device performs eddy-current flaw detection of the conductive pipe by detecting magnetic field excited by magnetic field excitation element by two magnetic field detection elements located at different positions from the magnetic field excitation elements by 3/2 the even spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nuclear Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Harada, Junri Shimone, Kotaro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100231210
    Abstract: An eddy-current flaw detection device comprises a magnetic element group of which a specified number of magnetic elements are evenly spaced in each of at least two rows around the surface of a column shaped casing that can be inserted into a conductive pipe, with one row being located at a different position from the other row by ½ the even spacing in the row direction, and switching circuits for switching the magnetic elements in the respective row at time-division. The elements of one row function as magnetic field excitation elements, the elements of the other row function as magnetic field detection elements, and the eddy-current flaw detection device performs eddy-current flaw detection of the conductive pipe by detecting magnetic field excited by magnetic field excitation element by two magnetic field detection elements located at different positions from the magnetic field excitation elements by 3/2 the even spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Yutaka Harada, Junri Shimone, Kotaro Maeda
  • Patent number: D949808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SANSHA ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kotaro Maeda