Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Hayashi

Kunihiko Hayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240054305
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides an electronic device that includes a housing in which an electronic component is disposed. At least part of the housing is configured by a transmission member that transmits at least one of ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared light, which have different wavelengths. The housing includes therein a display part that displays information concerning the electronic device. The display part is configured to be able to read the information using any of the light that has been emitted from outside of the housing and has passed through the transmission member, and the transmission member has selective transparency having different transmittances to the light depending on a type of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Kunihiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20240025374
    Abstract: A lock control system or a vehicle digital key system including an in-vehicle device, a mobile device, and a server controls operations of a plurality of authentication sensors for authenticating a user of a vehicle by at least one of a plurality of authentication methods. Thereby, it is possible to reduce a power consumption during standby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Katsuhiro OHARA, Kensho TAKI, Kunihiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230393247
    Abstract: A mirror module that deflects a non-visible laser light for scanning the non-visible laser light is provided with a deflection mirror; a mirror support; and an information display unit. The deflection mirror has a reflective surface that allows a visible light to be transmitted therethrough and reflects the non-visible laser light. The mirror support has a mirror mounting surface of which the shape corresponds to a shape of the reflective surface. The information display unit displays information related to the mirror module in a visible manner. The information display unit is disposed between the deflection mirror and the mirror mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Koki HAYASHI, Kunihiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230290993
    Abstract: A method for producing a battery disclosed herein has an electrode body production step of producing an electrode body by laying up a first electrode, a separator and a second electrode. As the separator a separator is used that includes a base material layer, and an adhesive layer formed on a surface of the base material layer, with the adhesive layer being configured to have a first adhesive layer region and a second adhesive layer region that is thicker than the first adhesive layer region. The first electrode and the separator are laid up so that the first adhesive layer region and second adhesive layer region oppose the first electrode active material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutaka MITA, Kunihiko HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230290948
    Abstract: A secondary battery disclosed herein includes a negative electrode including a negative electrode core body and a negative electrode active material layer formed on the negative electrode core body and including a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material layer has, in a Log differential pore volume distribution obtained by a mercury intrusion method, a first peak P1 and a second peak P2 with a larger pore diameter than the first peak P1 in a range where a pore diameter is 0.50 ?m or more and 6.00 ?m or less. The pore volume of pores corresponding to the first peak P1 is 6 mL/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yuta MATSUO, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Masumi TERAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11605831
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery that can be produced while mixing at an interface between a positive electrode active material layer and a heat resistant layer is restricted even if a positive electrode slurry and a heat resistant layer slurry are simultaneously applied. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode current collector, and a heat resistant layer which is formed on the positive electrode current collector and is adjacent to the positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer contains a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material is porous particles in which primary particles are aggregated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKT KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11467387
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an output value obtaining unit, a first interpolation unit, a second interpolation unit, an image generation unit, and a first edge detection unit. The output value obtaining unit obtains respective output values of a plurality of light-receiving elements from an image sensor including the plurality of light-receiving elements arranged two-dimensionally. The first interpolation unit uses a first interpolation algorithm to interpolate a pixel value. The second interpolation unit uses a second interpolation algorithm to interpolate a pixel value. The image generation unit generates an image based on a pixel value, which is interpolated by the first interpolation unit. The first edge detection unit detects an edge using a first edge detection algorithm based on a pixel value, which is interpolated by the second interpolation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Hayashi, Toru Mitome, Shinji Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11456489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a technology that allows supplying stably a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a high capacity retention rate and being excellent in resistance to deterioration. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein is provided with a wound electrode body resulting from winding a stack 10 having a stacking of a positive electrode 50 and a negative electrode 60 across separators 70. The positive electrode 50 has a foil-shaped positive electrode collector 52 and a positive electrode mix layer 54. Each separator 70 has a resin substrate layer 72 and a heat resistance layer 74. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed herein, the peel strength of a boundary between the resin substrate layer and the heat resistance layer is 16 N/m or more and 155 N/m or less, and the density of the positive electrode mix layer is 2.3 g/cc or more and 2.6 g/cc or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11450858
    Abstract: Provided is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery in which an increase in temperature, which is caused by a short circuit at an exposed part of an interface between a positive electrode current collector and an insulating layer provided on the positive electrode current collector, is suppressed. The non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery disclosed here includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active substance layer and an insulating layer. The positive electrode current collector has a part where the positive electrode current collector is exposed at at least one edge thereof. The insulating layer is positioned at a boundary between the positive electrode active substance layer and the part where the positive electrode current collector is exposed. The insulating layer contains an inorganic filler and resin particles at a mass ratio of 75:25 to 25:75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220293943
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material is prepared by mixing a first graphite particle and a second graphite particle. A negative electrode including the negative electrode active material is produced. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte solution is produced. The first graphite particle has a first number-based particle size distribution. The second graphite particle has a second number-based particle size distribution. A relationship of “D250/D150?0.50” is satisfied. D150 is a D50 in the first number-based particle size distribution. D250 is a D50 in the second number-based particle size distribution. A relationship of “R2?R1” is satisfied. R1 is an arithmetic mean of circularity of the first graphite particle. R2 is an arithmetic mean of circularity of the second graphite particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuta MATSUO, Kaori ISHIKAWA, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Masumi TERAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11404746
    Abstract: A battery includes at least an electrode array and an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution contains at least a solvent and a supporting salt. The electrode array includes at least a positive electrode, a porous insulating layer, and a negative electrode. The porous insulating layer is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The porous insulating layer contains at least a group of inorganic nanoparticles and a group of polymer particles. Each inorganic nanoparticle in the group of inorganic nanoparticles is a dielectric. Each inorganic nanoparticle in the group of inorganic nanoparticles is in contact with the electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Hayashi, Ryuta Sugiura, Hiroto Asano, Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Chikaaki Okuda
  • Patent number: 11396227
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of a vehicle driving system for driving a vehicle according to the invention activates a heat pump to cool a hybrid system by cooling medium and flows an engine cooling water in an engine water circulation passage through a condenser to cool the cooling medium by the engine cooling water at the condenser when an engine water circulation condition is satisfied. The engine water circulation condition is a condition that a heat pump activation condition is satisfied, and an engine cooling condition is not satisfied. The heat pump activation condition is a condition that a process of cooling the hybrid system by the cooling medium of the heat pump is requested. The engine cooling condition is a condition that a process of cooling an internal combustion engine by the engine cooling water is requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi Ogura, Kunihiko Hayashi, Masatoshi Yano, Yuji Miyoshi, Takuya Hirai, Tomohiro Shinagawa, Ryo Michikawauchi, Hidefumi Aikawa, Yu Ofune
  • Patent number: 11358436
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted temperature controller includes a low temperature circuit and a refrigeration circuit. The low temperature circuit has a heat generating equipment heat exchanger exchanging heat with heat generating equipment, a radiator, a first heat exchanger, and a three-way valve. The refrigeration circuit has a second heat exchanger discharging heat from the refrigerant to a high temperature circuit to make the refrigerant condense, and the first heat exchanger making the refrigerant absorb heat from the cooling water to make the refrigerant evaporate. The low temperature circuit includes a first partial circuit through which the cooling water flows through the radiator and the first heat exchanger, and a second partial circuit through which the cooling water flows through the heat generating equipment heat exchanger without passing through the radiator and the first heat exchanger. The cooling water circulates simultaneously and separately at these first partial circuit and second partial circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi Aikawa, Manabu Orihashi, Yoshio Hasegawa, Takashi Ogawa, Yuji Miyoshi, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20220140310
    Abstract: (A) A first layer is formed by applying a first negative electrode slurry to the surface of a negative electrode substrate. (B) A second layer is formed by applying a second negative electrode slurry to the surface of the first layer. The first negative electrode slurry includes a first negative electrode composite material. The second negative electrode slurry includes a second negative electrode composite material. Each of the first negative electrode composite material and the second negative electrode composite material includes a negative electrode active material and a cellulose-based binder. The negative electrode active material includes a first graphite powder and a second graphite powder. The first negative electrode composite material includes the cellulose-based binder at a first mass fraction. The second negative electrode composite material includes the cellulose-based binder at a second mass fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Sotome, Kaori Ishikawa, Yuta Matsuo, Kentaro Takahashi, Daisuke Ikeda, Kunihiko Hayashi, Naoki UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220099811
    Abstract: In a ranging device, a mirror support has a pair of deflection mirrors installed on both surfaces. A pair of partition plates are installed to bookend the pair of deflection mirrors and the mirror support in a direction normal to the reflective surfaces of the deflection mirrors. A clip grips and secures the pair of deflection mirrors, the mirror support, and the pair of partition plates. A motor rotates these components. Each partition plate includes a plate-like portion extending along a plane normal to the axis of rotation so as to partition a corresponding reflective surface into two regions, and an upright portion extending along the corresponding reflective surface from a position on the plate-like portion where the plate-like portion faces the corresponding reflective surface. The clip grips the pair of deflection mirrors and the mirror support via the upright portion in the direction normal to the reflective surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Koki HAYASHI, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Kouhei TOOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220099810
    Abstract: A ranging apparatus is provided with a mirror module that rotates when being driven by a motor. The mirror module includes a pair of deflection mirrors, a mirror support member and a clip. The deflection mirrors include a narrow width portion in which a width of a reflection surface along a direction orthogonal to a rotational axis is narrower than that of other portion on the reflection surface. The mirror support member is formed in a disc shape having a shape on both surfaces thereof corresponding to a shape of the reflection surface, the deflection mirrors being disposed on the both surfaces thereof. The clip grips the deflection mirrors and the mirror support member at at least one end portion with respect to a direction orthogonal to the rotational axis between both end portions of a portion in the mirror support portion corresponding to the narrow width portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Koki HAYASHI, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Kouhei TOOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11226401
    Abstract: An optical distance measuring apparatus is provided. The optical distance measuring apparatus includes a housing and multiple light projection and light reception portions. The housing includes an opening face. The multiple light projection and light reception portions emit light, and receive the light after the light is reflected. The multiple light projection and light reception portions are accommodated in the housing. The light is provided by laser light. By combining optical paths of the multiple light projection and light reception portions, a view angle of the optical distance measuring apparatus is widened compared with a view angle of one of the multiple light projection and light reception portions. The optical paths of the multiple light projection and light reception portions overlap with one another in the opening face when seen from a direction perpendicular to a direction along which the view angle of the optical distance measuring apparatus is widened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunpei Suzuki, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11223068
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a compacted strip-shaped electrode plate including: an undried layer forming step of forming, on a current collector foil, a strip-shaped undried active material layer by rolling out a particle aggregate; a drying step of drying the undried active material layer to form an active material layer; and a pressing step of pressing the active material layer by rollers to compact the active material layer. The particle aggregate is a mixed particle aggregate in which first wet particles manufactured with the content ratio of conductive particles to the total solid content set to W1 and second wet particles manufactured with the content ratio of conductive particles to the total solid content set to W2, W2 being higher than W1, are mixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PRIMEARTH EV ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Hayashi, Shun Okuda
  • Publication number: 20210341730
    Abstract: In an optical scanning apparatus, a light-emitting unit emits light waves. A light-receiving unit receives reflected light of the light waves. A transmissive member transmits the light waves and the reflected light of the light waves. A reflection mirror is arranged further toward the light-emitting unit side and light-receiving unit side than the transmissive member is, includes a reflection surface that rotates, and deflects at least either of the light waves and the reflected light using the reflection surface. The reflection mirror includes a low reflection region on the transmissive member side. The low reflection region has a reflectance of the light waves on the reflection surface that is set to be lower than a reflectance of the light waves on the other region other than the low reflection region, in a state in which the reflection surface is facing the light-emitting unit side or the light-receiving unit side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hidemasa Suzuki, Kunihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210333752
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to, when humidity detected by a humidity sensor is equal to or above a preset value with paper sheets stacked in a paper sheet holder being fed to an image forming unit, perform control to set a separation operation time used to separate in a separation operation a single paper sheet from multiple paper sheets stacked in the paper sheet holder to be longer than the separation operation time used when the detected humidity is lower than the preset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi KOMATSU, Akira OTSU, Takuma SUWA, Takashi KAWAKAMI, Tatsuya ICHIKAWA, Kunihiko HAYASHI, Yutaka WATANABE, Masae TAKABAYASHI, Ryosuke HIRONAKA, Hiroshi SHIOTA