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).

  • Patent number: 10440846
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an electronic control unit to a panel member is provided with: a plate-shaped insertion portion to be inserted into a gap between an outer peripheral side surface of a case of an electronic control unit and an elastic pressing portion which protrudes from the outer peripheral side surface and bends and extends in an outer circumferential direction of the case; a detachment preventing latch portion to be latched with the elastic pressing portion of the case, thereby retaining the case in a detachment prevented state, when the insertion portion is inserted to a predetermined assembled position in the gap; and abutting wall portions which extend from the side surface opposed portion on both outer sides in the outer circumferential direction of the insertion portion, to come into contact with the outer peripheral side surface, in the detachment prevented state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Hirofumi Kataoka, Yoshiki Inamukai
  • Publication number: 20190292056
    Abstract: A carbon material precursor comprises an acrylamide-based polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 2,000,000 and a polydispersity of the molecular weight (weight-average molecular weight/number-average molecular weight) of 5.0 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Takuya MORISHITA, Kazuhiro NOMURA, Hiromitsu TANAKA, Megumi SASAKI, Makoto KATO
  • Publication number: 20190283309
    Abstract: A resin member has a longitudinal direction, includes a stretchable portion having an extending portion extending in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction, when the resin member is stretched in the longitudinal direction, an angle at which the extending portion extends changes, and the material of the stretchable portion contains cellulose fibers and a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Hiroaki HOSOMI
  • Publication number: 20190234347
    Abstract: A canister is provided which can inhibits generation of a short path due to micronized activated carbon, without using an elastic body such as a spring. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a canister that absorbs and desorbs evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank of a vehicle. The canister includes a filling chamber filled with the activated carbon. The filling chamber includes a flowing portion that forms a flow path through which the evaporated fuel flows in a direction crossing a vertical direction, and at least one buffer portion that protrudes above the flowing portion in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Makoto Kato
  • Patent number: 10352692
    Abstract: Object: An object is to quantify the roughness of a test surface by scattering and diffraction of illumination light and to evaluate the matching degree of surface roughness separately from color based on a difference in roughness. Solution to Problem A surface roughness determination apparatus 1 using a white light source includes an arithmetic processing unit 3 configured to convert 3-band visual sensitivity images S1i, S2i and S3i, which respectively have three spectral sensitivities (S1(?), S2(?) and S3(?)) subjected to linear transformation so as to be equivalent to a CIE XYZ color matching function and are obtained from a surface 5 by a two-dimensional colorimeter 2 using the three spectral sensitivities (S1(?), S2(?) and S3(?)), into tristimulus values X, Y and Z in a CIE XYZ color system and perform arithmetic operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: PAPALAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Kato
  • Patent number: 10347499
    Abstract: In a method of an embodiment, radicals, which are generated from a processing gas, is adsorbed to a layer to be etched without applying a high-frequency bias to a lower electrode, in an adsorption step. In the subsequent etching step, ions, which are generated from the processing gas, are drawn into the layer to be etched by applying a high-frequency bias to the lower electrode. The adsorption step and the etching step are alternately repeated. In the adsorption step, a density of radicals is 200 or greater times a density of ions. In the etching step, RF energy having a power density of 0.07 W/cm2 or less is supplied to the lower electrode or a high-frequency bias having a power density of 0.14 W/cm2 or less is supplied to the lower electrode for a period of 0.5 seconds or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Maruyama, Akira Koshiishi, Toshio Haga, Masato Horiguchi, Makoto Kato
  • Patent number: 10345100
    Abstract: An object is to quantify the texture such as irregularity and gloss of a metal surface. Centers of Lab chromaticity distributions are identified (S145), and one of the Lab chromaticity distribution is entirely shifted (mapped) by deviations ?A, ?B and ?L of a central coordinate, such that one of central coordinates of two distributions U1(L,a,b) and U2(L,a,b) matches with the other central coordinate (S146). A texture spread index that indicates a difference in spatial spread is then computed (S147). This configuration computes the spatial spread of the Lab chromaticity distribution in a three-dimensional space, and quantifies the irregularity of an inspection plane by diffraction phenomenon of illumination light. The difference in spread other than the color is applicable to evaluation of the irregularity of the metal surface or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: PaPaLaB Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kato
  • Publication number: 20190194443
    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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi OTA, Yusuke KUWAHARA, Hitoshi MAFUNE, Tomoya KODAMA, Makoto KATO, Masayuki OSADA
  • Publication number: 20190194502
    Abstract: Conventionally, when an adherend is nickel or the like, it has been difficult to realize an electroconductive adhesive that lowers connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins. However, it is possible to provide an electroconductive adhesive, in the case where the adherend is nickel or the like, which reduces connection resistance in various kinds of thermocurable curing resins while simultaneously maintaining storage stability to have good handleability. The present description provides a thermocurable electroconductive adhesive including the following components (A) to (D): Component (A): a curable resin, Component (B): a thermal curing agent that cures Component (A), Component (C): an organometallic complex, and Component (D): electroconductive particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi OTA, Hitoshi MAFUNE, Makoto KATO, Tomoya KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20190195624
    Abstract: An object is to quantify the texture such as irregularity and gloss of a metal surface. Centers of Lab chromaticity distributions are identified (S145), and one of the Lab chromaticity distribution is entirely shifted (mapped) by deviations ?A, ?B and ?L of a central coordinate, such that one of central coordinates of two distributions U1(L,a,b) and U2(L,a,b) matches with the other central coordinate (S146). A texture spread index that indicates a difference in spatial spread is then computed (S147). This configuration computes the spatial spread of the Lab chromaticity distribution in a three-dimensional space, and quantifies the irregularity of an inspection plane by diffraction phenomenon of illumination light. The difference in spread other than the color is applicable to evaluation of the irregularity of the metal surface or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: PaPaLaB Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto KATO
  • Publication number: 20190177582
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition which exhibits excellent storage stability while having a low initial viscosity and favorable low temperature curability and an electro-conductive adhesive containing the same. An epoxy resin composition includes components (A) to (C): component (A): an epoxy resin (excluding the following component (B)); component (B): an epoxy resin having one epoxy group in a molecule and a surface tension of from 28.5 to 35.0 mN/m; and component (C): a latent curing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi OTA, Takashi SUZUKI, Makoto KATO, Hitoshi MAFUNE, Masayuki OSADA
  • Publication number: 20190177579
    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: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi OTA, Makoto KATO, Hitoshi MAFUNE, Masayuki OSADA
  • Publication number: 20190152530
    Abstract: In a vehicle lower portion structure, a plurality of cross members are suspended along a vehicle width direction between a pair of side rails. Further, an oil pan guard is suspended along a longitudinal direction between a No. 2 cross member and a No. 3 cross member to protect an oil pan of a transmission from below. When a vehicle collides on its front, engagement between the oil pan guard and the cross member is released, to thereby prevent a decrease in the amount of collision energy to be absorbed by the pair of side rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Kotaro SHIROTORI, Shota WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10294361
    Abstract: Polyoxymethylene compositions either consisting essentially of: polyoxymethylene polymer; at least pme amine polymer selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamides, polyallylamines, polyacrylic hydrazide, polymethacrylic hydrazide, polyaminoalkyl acrylate, polyaminoalkyl methacrylate, poly vinylalkylamine, and mixtures of these; and at least pme polyimide having a melting point that ranges between 20° C. below the melting point of (a) to 20° C. above the melting point of the polyoxymethylene polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Makoto Kato
  • Patent number: 10266729
    Abstract: Conventional electroconductive adhesives had difficulty to have simultaneously storage stability and low temperature curability, and to have at the same time exhibition of adhesion strength and electric conductivity for poorly-adhesive metal adherends such as gold and nickel. The present invention accordingly provides an isotropic electroconductive adhesive that has low temperature curability in an atmosphere of 80 to 130° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: THREE BOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichi Ota, Hitoshi Mafune, Makoto Kato, Masayuki Osada, Takashi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190111973
    Abstract: A side rail includes base members, and plate members that are different in both plate thickness and material from the base members. The base members have a cutout or an opening, and the plate members are fitted into this cutout or opening and joined to the base members by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro ONODA, Makoto KATO, Takaaki ONODERA, Junichi AMO, Tokukatsu SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10230087
    Abstract: A non-woven fabric base material for a lithium ion secondary battery separator composed mainly of a polyethylene terephthalate fiber, characterized in that the non-woven fabric base material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber and a crystallized polyethylene terephthalate fiber, and the content of a polyethylene terephthalate binder fiber having a fiber length of 2.5 mm or less is 10 to 60 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sato, Toshihiro Shigematsu, Makoto Kato, Kenji Hyodo, Wakana Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20180310420
    Abstract: An object is to reduce sliding resistance when a bracket is assembled to a case, thereby improving assembly workability. In an assembly structure for assembling a bracket to a case, the case has opposed wall portions opposed to each other on the outer peripheral side surface thereof, and the bracket has a plate-shaped insertion portion to be inserted in a predetermined direction into an opposition clearance between the opposed wall portions, and three sliding projections protruding from both side surfaces of the insertion portion which are to be opposed to the opposed wall portions, so that the sliding projections slide on the opposed surfaces of the opposed wall portions at the time of the insertion. The sliding projections are provided so as to appear alternately, in the predetermined direction, on both side surfaces of the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto KATO, Hirofumi KATAOKA, Yoshiki INAMUKAI
  • Publication number: 20180310421
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an electronic control unit to a panel member is provided with: a plate-shaped insertion portion to be inserted into a gap between an outer peripheral side surface of a case of an electronic control unit and an elastic pressing portion which protrudes from the outer peripheral side surface and bends and extends in an outer circumferential direction of the case; a detachment preventing latch portion to be latched with the elastic pressing portion of the case, thereby retaining the case in a detachment prevented state, when the insertion portion is inserted to a predetermined assembled position in the gap; and abutting wall portions which extend from the side surface opposed portion on both outer sides in the outer circumferential direction of the insertion portion, to come into contact with the outer peripheral side surface, in the detachment prevented state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Hirofumi Kataoka, Yoshiki Inamukai
  • Patent number: D858390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Kazuhiro Kakuta