Patents by Inventor Makoto Kato

Makoto Kato 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: 20230310059
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a power supply device and the like capable of improving convenience. [Solution] A power supply device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit that supplies power to an electromedical device including a plurality of electrodes; and a control unit that controls the power supply unit such that the power is supplied to a part of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya HIRAO, Kohei SAKAKI, Makoto KATO, Tomoharu KOISO
  • Publication number: 20230310070
    Abstract: Provided is a catheter in which a spline changes its shape into an intended shape. A catheter includes a shaft to be inserted into the body, a plurality of splines connected to the distal end side of the shaft, and a distal end member connected to the distal end side of the splines. The plurality of splines include a first spline and a second spline. The first spline and the second spline are located adjacent to each other and their motions are restrained by a first restraining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kohei SAKAKI, Makoto KATO, Ryo ISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11731510
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is provided with a touch panel that enables an operator to input vehicle speed control instructions during an automatic driving mode and a mechanical operation unit for inputting driving control instructions. The mechanical operation unit can be stored in a storage compartment covered with a lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Shitara, Yasukazu Honda, Masahiro Nakamura, Makoto Kato, Eiichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11735797
    Abstract: A coating solution for lithium ion battery separators which comprises inorganic particles, an organic polymer binder and carboxymethyl cellulose having an etherification rate of 1.10 to 2.00 or a salt thereof, or a coating solution for lithium ion battery separators comprising inorganic particles containing magnesium hydroxide having a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 80 (g/100 g), and a separator having a coating layer formed from the coating solution on a substrate and high safety and low internal resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Hideaki Saegusa, Makoto Kato, Noriko Kasai, Kukjin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230242053
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic control component bracket that is less likely to cause a high acceleration (high-speed vibration). An electronic control component bracket 1 includes a bottom portion on which a plurality of elastic pieces configured to press a lower surface of an electronic control component upward are provided, and abutting stop portions configured to abut, from above, against the electronic control component that is pressed upward. The plurality of elastic pieces are provided such that, when vertical vibration is applied in a state in which the electronic control component is assembled, the amplitude of at least one elastic piece is larger than that of another elastic piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Junya UKAI, Makoto KATO, Kazunori TAKATA
  • Patent number: 11654843
    Abstract: An object is to provide an electronic control component bracket that is less likely to cause a high acceleration (high-speed vibration). An electronic control component bracket 1 includes a bottom portion on which a plurality of elastic pieces configured to press a lower surface of an electronic control component upward are provided, and abutting stop portions configured to abut, from above, against the electronic control component that is pressed upward. The plurality of elastic pieces are provided such that, when vertical vibration is applied in a state in which the electronic control component is assembled, the amplitude of at least one elastic piece is larger than that of another elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junya Ukai, Makoto Kato, Kazunori Takata
  • Patent number: 11648728
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped article producing composition is provided and contains a plurality of particles, a solvent for dispersing the particles, and a binder having a function to temporarily bind the particles to one another in a state where the solvent is removed, wherein a volume-based average particle diameter of the particles is 0.1 ?m or more and less than 50 ?m, and a content ratio of the binder is 1.5 vol % or more and 10 vol % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi Miyashita, Eiji Okamoto, Akihiko Tsunoya, Naoko Shima, Makoto Kato
  • Patent number: 11637349
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shigematsu, Tomohiro Sato, Makoto Kato
  • Publication number: 20230035812
    Abstract: A coating solution for lithium ion battery separators which comprises inorganic particles, an organic polymer binder and carboxymethyl cellulose having an etherification rate of 1.10 to 2.00 or a salt thereof, or a coating solution for lithium ion battery separators comprising inorganic particles containing magnesium hydroxide having a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 80 (g/100 g), and a separator having a coating layer formed from the coating solution on a substrate and high safety and low internal resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro SATO, Hideaki SAEGUSA, Makoto KATO, Noriko KASAI, Kukjin YOON
  • Publication number: 20230023864
    Abstract: There is provided a plasma processing apparatus comprising: a plasma processing chamber; a substrate support disposed in the plasma processing chamber; a lower electrode disposed in the substrate support; a conductive member disposed above the substrate support, the conductive member having at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet, the conductive member being connected to an RF potential or a DC potential; and an upper electrode assembly including: a conductive plate detachably connected to a bottom surface of the conductive member, the conductive plate having one or more coolant channels communicating with the at least one coolant inlet and the at least one coolant outlet; an electrode plate disposed below the conductive plate; and a conductive bonding sheet disposed between the electrode plate and the conductive plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Makoto KATO
  • Publication number: 20220415693
    Abstract: A substrate support includes an electrostatic chuck formed of ceramics and holding a substrate by electrostatic attraction, a base supporting the electrostatic chuck, and a flow path through which a heat exchange medium flows. An upper surface of the flow path is formed of ceramics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hideto SAITO, Makoto KATO, Shin YAMAGUCHI, Takashi KANAZAWA, Ryoma MUTO
  • Patent number: 11505692
    Abstract: In the (meth)acrylic resin composition of the present invention, when a sealed container is used, it is possible to achieve both storage stability in an atmosphere at 25° C. and low temperature curability in an atmosphere at 60 to 140° C., and further, properties thereof can be exhibited even in an electroconductive adhesive including electroconductive particles. The present invention is a (meth)acrylic resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): component (A): a urethane modified oligomer having a (meth)acrylic group, component (B): a monomer having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxylic group and one (meth)acrylic group in a molecule in which a surface tension is 25 to 45 mN/m, and component (C): an organic peroxide having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Ota, Yusuke Kuwahara, Hitoshi Mafune, Tomoya Kodama, Makoto Kato, Masayuki Osada
  • Patent number: 11456581
    Abstract: In a vehicle body, a body portion having a base end side portion is engaged with a plate-shaped member and extending along the plate-shaped member toward the leading end side, and a removal-preventing portion for preventing the wire harness stored in a space between the plate-shaped member and the body portion from being removed from the leading end side of the body portion. The wire harness stored in the space is prevented from being removed at the leading end side of the body portion by the removal-preventing portion pivoting according to the storage. By a series of rotations of the removal-preventing portion up to the storage, a pivotal body upper portion of the removal-preventing portion disposed at a high position in a height direction extending from the plate-shaped member is moved to a lower position, thereby reducing the height of the entirety of the routing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Katsuya Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20220271392
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate for lithium ion battery separators which has high adhesion to an inorganic particle layer, can be made thin and is excellent in tensile strength and cuttability and a lithium ion battery separator including the substrate for lithium ion battery separators. The substrate for lithium ion battery separators which contains heat-resistant fibers and synthetic resin short fibers contains fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml as the heat-resistant fibers and has a content of the fibrillated heat-resistant fibers having a modified freeness of not more than 300 ml of not less than 1.0 mass % to less than 5.0 mass % based on the total of all the fiber components contained in the substrate. The modified freeness is a value measured in accordance with JIS P8121-2:2012 except that an 80-mesh wire net having a wire diameter of 0.14 mm and an opening of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshihiro SHIGEMATSU, Tomohiro SATO, Makoto KATO, Masatoshi KITO, Noriko KASAI, Kukjin YOON, Wakana AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11421133
    Abstract: A thermosetting conductive adhesive that can exhibit high conductivity (low connection resistance) when cured at a high temperature in a short time. The present invention also provides a thermosetting conductive adhesive that has excellent adhesive strength when cured at a high temperature in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Ota, Makoto Kato, Hitoshi Mafune, Masayuki Osada
  • Publication number: 20220194676
    Abstract: A laminate for blister containers according to the present invention is provided with a transparent base material layer and a transparent moisture absorption layer, wherein the transparent moisture absorption layer contains zeolite having an average particle diameter D50 of 100 nm or less, an ester compound having an HLB value of 5 or less and a thermoplastic resin, and the melt flow rate of a resin composition constituting the transparent moisture absorption layer 102 is 0.3 to 30 g/10 min inclusive as measured in accordance with JIS K7210 under the conditions including a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 21.18 N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KYODO PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Naomi SEKIYA, Atsushi YASUDA
  • Patent number: 11359116
    Abstract: Conventionally, there was a need to add a large amount of electroconductive particles for improving conductivity, but when the electroconductive particles were added too much, initial viscosity was increased, and at the same time, it was difficult to stabilize preservation stability. However, conductivity can be improved without adding a large amount of the electroconductive particles by selecting a monomer, and at the same time, preservation stability can be stabilized by using certain electroconductive particles. A thermocurable electroconductive adhesive including components (A) to (D): component (A): an oligomer having a (meth)acryl group; component (B): a monomer having one methacryl group in a molecule; component (C): an organic peroxide having a specific structure; and component (D): electroconductive particles which are surface-treated with a stearic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kodama, Soichi Ota, Masayuki Osada, Hitoshi Mafune, Makoto Kato, Kanako Morii
  • Publication number: 20220157578
    Abstract: A temperature regulator includes a first member, a channel, and a cavity. The first member has a first surface that is subjected to temperature control. The channel is along the first surface in the first member, and refrigerant flows in the channel. The cavity is provided in the first member adjacently to a flow rate change region of the channel. A flow rate of refrigerant in the flow rate change region is higher than a flow rate of refrigerant in another region of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Sho MURANO
  • Patent number: 11322332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for analyzing the energy of backscattered electrons generated from a specimen. The apparatus includes: an electron beam source (101) for generating a primary electron beam; an electron optical system (102, 105, 112) configured to direct the primary electron beam to a specimen while focusing and deflecting the primary electron beam; and an energy analyzing system configured to detect an energy spectrum of backscattered electrons emitted from the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Tasmit, Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Sumio Sasaki, Yukihiro Tanaka, Yuichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20220064459
    Abstract: An ink composition contains colored cellulose fibers and a dispersion medium containing water and a water-soluble organic solvent in a weight percentage of 1% to 95%. The ink composition contains colored cellulose fibers acting as the color material capable of being easily trapped in the meshes of the printing medium, that is, the color material having a small diffusion coefficient into the printing medium, and has a wettability as high as a contact angle of 90 degrees or less on the printing medium. Thus, the bleeding and strike-through of the ink composition can be prevented when the printing medium is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Takeyoshi USHIKI