Patents by Inventor Makoto Adachi
Makoto Adachi 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: 20210159533Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly having electrodes disposed on both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane, a gas diffusion layer stacked on one surface of the membrane electrode assembly, a resin frame assembled onto the one surface of the membrane electrode assembly so as to surround the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer apart from the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer, and a resin sheet disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the resin frame, and the membrane electrode assembly so as to fill a space between the inner periphery of the resin frame and the outer periphery of the gas diffusion layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Makoto ADACHI, Katsuhiko KINOSHITA, Yu ASHITAKA, Naohiro MITANI, Yusuke WATANABE, Kenji SATO
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Patent number: 10964957Abstract: The disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a fuel cell. The method includes a heating adhesion step in which a separator and a resin frame are adhered to each other. The heating adhesion step includes a plurality of heating steps in which a laminate is heated, and a conveyance step in which the laminate is conveyed between the heating steps. In the conveyance step, a support portion having a projecting portion projecting towards the laminate is used, and the laminate is supported only by the projecting portion and conveyed.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Adachi, Kazuo Shobu, Tomoyuki Soda
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Publication number: 20210075033Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of a fuel-cell single cell including a membrane-electrode assembly, an anode gas diffusion layer, a cathode gas diffusion layer, and a frame-shaped resin frame to which a peripheral edge portion of the membrane-electrode assembly is fixed. The method includes an adhesive application step of applying an adhesive by screen printing to a predetermined area of the resin frame while fixing the resin frame by suction, and a stacking step and a UV irradiation step of bonding together the resin frame to which the adhesive has been applied and the membrane-electrode assembly by the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto ADACHI
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Publication number: 20200392959Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a casing, and a temperature detector. The compression mechanism includes a rotation axis. The casing accommodates the compression mechanism. The casing includes a compression mechanism contact portion. The compression mechanism is in contact with an inner surface of the compression mechanism contact portion. The temperature detector is attached to an outer surface of the compression mechanism contact portion and is configured to sense temperature of the compression mechanism contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Keita HONDA, Makoto ADACHI, Yuusuke FUJII
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Patent number: 10847816Abstract: A fuel cell includes a power-generation channel provided on a surface of a cathode-side separator which faces a MEA and a cooling channel provided on a surface of the cathode-side separator opposite to the MEA. Air flows through the power-generation channel and the cooling channel. The cooling channel is separated from the power-generation channel by a side wall. The cross-sectional area of the power-generation channel on the air outlet side is smaller than that of the power-generation channel at a position upstream of the air outlet side, and the cross-sectional area of the cooling channel on the air outlet side is larger than that of the cooling channel at a position upstream of the air outlet side. A through-hole is provided in a side wall that separates the power-generation channel from the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Takehiro, Makoto Adachi
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Publication number: 20200190888Abstract: An opening/closing body control device continues an as-needed operation where the opening/closing body is controlled in response to the operation instruction signal even when an abnormality in an opening/closing position of the opening/closing body is detected, continues opening and closing the opening/closing body until it is determined that the abnormal state in the opening/closing instruction signal is confirmed even when an abnormality in the opening/closing instruction signal is detected during the as-needed opening/closing operation, and stops opening and closing the opening/closing body the abnormal state in the opening/closing instruction signal is confirmed. The confirmation time at the presence of the opening/closing position abnormality is shorter than that at the absence of opening/closing position abnormality.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Aragai, Makoto Adachi, Tomohiro Murase
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Publication number: 20200018993Abstract: Provided is a spectacle lens including: a lens substrate containing an ultraviolet absorber; and an antireflective film formed on at least one of a convex surface of the lens substrate and a concave surface facing the convex surface, in which the lens substrate is dyed with a yellow dye.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Makoto ADACHI, Hitoshi KAMURA, Shinya MIYAJIMA
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Publication number: 20190393530Abstract: Bonding dies for producing a fuel cell that can suppress floating of a portion of a resin frame bonded to a membrane electrode assembly. The dies include first and second dies that face and contact one separator and the other separator, respectively. The first die includes a central receiving portion that receives a central region of the one separator, and an outer periphery receiving portion that receives a to-be-welded region of the one separator. The second die includes an inner die that pressurizes a central region of the other separator, and an outer die formed to surround the inner die and adapted to thermally compress a to-be-welded region of the other separator to be welded to the resin frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Rie TAKAMI, Makoto ADACHI
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Patent number: 10445213Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an evaluation program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including receiving designation of a software, obtaining an execution condition used for an execution request for the designated software based on information stored in a memory, the execution request having been issued by the specified software, the information associating the designated software with the execution condition, executing the execution request for the designated software, by using the acquired execution condition, acquiring log information regarding an execution of the designated software when the designated software is executed in response to the execution request, performing an evaluation related to the specified software, based on the acquired log information, and outputting an evaluation result.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naohiro Kishishita, Makoto Adachi, Hiroshi Iyobe, Yosuke Naka, Takaaki Nakazawa, Takeya Mutoh, Shunichi Obinata, Kazuki Yamada
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Publication number: 20190219841Abstract: The spectacle lens includes a lens substrate; a multilayer film disposed on one surface of the lens substrate; and a multilayer film disposed on the other surface of the lens substrate, wherein an average reflectance within the wavelength range from 380 to 500 nm measured at least on one surface of the spectacle lens is 10.00% or more, and a reflectance measured at least on one surface of the spectacle lens is 5.00% or less in the entire range within the wavelength range from 400 to 780 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.Inventors: Makoto ADACHI, Hitoshi KAMURA, Takumi NOMURA, Osamu AKABAYASHI
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Patent number: 10326147Abstract: The present invention is to provide a catalyst for fuel cells, which is able to inhibit gas diffusion resistance and shows high IV characteristics far more than conventional fuel cell catalysts, and a method for producing the catalyst. Disclosed is a catalyst for fuel cells, comprising fine catalyst particles, each of which comprises a palladium-containing particle and an outermost layer containing platinum and covering the palladium-containing particle, and a carrier on which the fine catalyst particles are supported, wherein the catalyst for fuel cells satisfies 0.9×S1?S2 in which S1 is a BET specific surface area of a material for the carrier, and S2 is a BET specific surface area of the carrier in the catalyst for fuel cells.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Kaneko, Takumi Taniguchi, Makoto Adachi, Mayumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20190173105Abstract: The disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a fuel cell. The method includes a heating adhesion step in which a separator and a resin frame are adhered to each other. The heating adhesion step includes a plurality of heating steps in which a laminate is heated, and a conveyance step in which the laminate is conveyed between the heating steps. In the conveyance step, a support portion having a projecting portion projecting towards the laminate is used, and the laminate is supported only by the projecting portion and conveyed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto ADACHI, Kazuo SHOBU, Tomoyuki SODA
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Patent number: 10263259Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for producing core-shell catalyst particles with high catalytic activity per unit mass of platinum. Disclosed is a method for producing core-shell catalyst particles including a core containing palladium and a shell containing platinum and covering the shell, wherein the method includes: a step of depositing copper on the surface of the palladium-containing particles by applying a potential that is nobler than the oxidation-reduction potential of copper to the palladium-containing particles in a copper ion-containing electrolyte, and a step of forming the shell by, after the copper deposition step and inside the reaction system kept at ?3° C. or more and 10° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Kaneko, Hiroko Kimura, Makoto Adachi
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Patent number: 10103388Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a fine catalyst particle comprising a palladium-containing particle and a platinum outermost layer covering the palladium-containing particle, wherein a first composite body containing palladium and platinum is formed by mixing the palladium-containing particle with a first solution in which a platinum compound is dissolved, and then covering at least part of a surface of the palladium-containing particle with platinum; wherein a second composite body containing palladium, platinum and copper is formed by mixing the first composite body with a second solution in which a copper compound is dissolved, and then covering at least part of a surface of the first composite body with copper using copper underpotential deposition; and wherein the copper in the second composite body is substituted with platinum derived from a third solution in which a platinum compound is dissolved.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Kaneko, Tsugio Fujisawa, Noriyuki Kitao, Makoto Adachi
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Patent number: 10054715Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an eyeglass lens comprising a lens substrate and a vapor-deposited film either directly or indirectly on the lens substrate, wherein the vapor-deposited film is an oxide film of metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium and tantalum, with an average grain size observed in a planar image obtained by a transmission electron microscope of equal to or greater than 3.5 nm and a proportion accounted for by grain boundaries, which are boundaries separating grains from regions outside of the grains, in a planar image obtained by a transmission electron microscope of less than 15%.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Tadokoro, Naomi Ogawa, Makoto Adachi, Yuko Komine, Koushi Harada
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Patent number: 9972848Abstract: The present invention is to provide fine catalyst particles with better catalytic performance than ever before and a carbon-supported catalyst with better catalytic performance than ever before.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki Kitao, Hiroko Kimura, Makoto Adachi, Keiichi Kaneko
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Patent number: 9950314Abstract: The present invention is to provide fine catalyst particles to which sulfate ions are less likely to be adsorbed, and a carbon-supported catalyst to which sulfate ions are less likely to be adsorbed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Adachi, Naoki Takehiro, Keiichi Kaneko
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Patent number: 9927557Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to an eyeglass lens comprising a lens substrate and a vapor-deposited film either directly or indirectly on the lens substrate, wherein the vapor-deposited film is an oxide film of metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium and tantalum, with a proportion accounted for by regions observed in a streaky shape, in a columnar shape, or in a lump shape in a cross-sectional image of the vapor-deposited film obtained by a transmission electron microscope of equal to or less than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Tadokoro, Naomi Ogawa, Makoto Adachi, Yuko Komine, Koushi Harada
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Publication number: 20180069256Abstract: A fuel cell is provided with: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA); and a cathode-side separator assembled to the MEA, the cathode-side separator including first passages on a first surface of the cathode-side separator on a side closer to the MEA, and second passages on a second surface of the cathode-side separator on an opposite side, the first and second passages allowing oxidant gas to flow through the first and second passages, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto ADACHI, Naoki TAKEHIRO, Masaaki MATSUSUE, Masayuki ITO, Hideo NAGAOSA
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Publication number: 20180004626Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an evaluation program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including receiving designation of a software, obtaining an execution condition used for an execution request for the designated software based on information stored in a memory, the execution request having been issued by the specified software, the information associating the designated software with the execution condition, executing the execution request for the designated software, by using the acquired execution condition, acquiring log information regarding an execution of the designated software when the designated software is executed in response to the execution request, performing an evaluation related to the specified software, based on the acquired log information, and outputting an evaluation result.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Naohiro Kishishita, Makoto Adachi, Hiroshi Iyobe, Yosuke Naka, Takaaki Nakazawa, Takeya Mutoh, Shunichi Obinata, Kazuki Yamada