Patents by Inventor Makoto Kimura

Makoto Kimura 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: 11938739
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Makoto Kobayashi, Naomi Kimura, Hideki Okumura, Shoma Kudo, Tetsuya Takamoto, Hiroaki Sakai
  • Patent number: 11940086
    Abstract: A table rotation device includes a bearing assembly, a table support member, a support block, and a cooling block. The bearing assembly includes a fixed ring, a movable ring, and rolling elements provided between the fixed ring and the movable. The movable ring is rotatable about the rotation axis. The table support member is connected to the movable ring so as to fix a position of the table support member relative to a position of the movable ring. The support block is connected to the fixed ring so as to fix a position of the support block relative to a position of the fixed ring. The cooling block is connected to at least one of the fixed ring and the support block such that the cooling block is in contact with both the fixed ring and the support block. The cooling block provides a cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jojiro Kimura, Makoto Tahara, Nobuhiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20240083493
    Abstract: In a vehicular steering control device, a steer-by-wire system, and a method for controlling a steer-by-wire system according to the present invention, if an abnormality of a rotation angle sensor of a turning motor is detected, open-loop control is performed on the turning motor based on a rotation angle of a motor shaft before the abnormality of the rotation angle sensor is detected and information concerning a reaction generation device that applies reaction torque to steering wheel. Consequently, it is possible to continue control of a turning angle even if the rotation angle sensor of the turning motor fails, while suppressing an increase in system cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240067764
    Abstract: A solid titanium catalyst component (I) for olefin polymer production contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the formula (1). Preferably, a propylene polymer that is obtained by the olefin polymerization method and has specific thermal properties as determined primarily by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240067597
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an internal donor component capable of producing, with high productivity, a propylene polymer having extremely high stereoregularity when used mainly as a solid titanium catalyst component. [Solution] A polyol ester compound having a specific polycyclic structure represented by formula (1). This ester compound is characterized in that sites including a C-R3 structure and a C-R4 structure satisfy a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takaaki YANO, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Takashi NAKANO, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI
  • Publication number: 20240067763
    Abstract: The solid titanium catalyst component (I) of the present invention contains titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a cyclic multiple-ester-group-containing compound (a) represented by the following formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takashi KIMURA, Makoto ISOGAI, Yasushi NAKAYAMA, Kenji MICHIUE, Takashi JINNAI, Wataru YAMADA, Shotaro TAKANO, Hiroshi TERAO, Takaaki YANO, Yoshiyuki TOTANI, Sunil Krzysztof MOORTHI, Takashi NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11775809
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a storage control unit that divides, into two-dimensional blocks, a feature image of a layer and stores the respective blocks in any one of a predetermined number of memories, a unit that determines a pattern for reading blocks from the memories based on information relating to an operation on the feature image, and a unit that reads blocks from the memories in accordance with the pattern. The storage control unit assigns repeatedly, for the two-dimensional blocks, the memories in a predetermined order from a head row/column along a row/column. In a second or a subsequent row/column, a memory, which the assignment is started, is shifted by a constant number from a previous row/column in the predetermined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Kimura, Tsewei Chen
  • Publication number: 20230198006
    Abstract: Provided are sulfide-based solid electrolyte with good ionic conductivity and an all-solid lithium ion battery using the same. A sulfide-based solid electrolyte having an argyrodite-type structure, wherein a composition of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte is represented by the formula: Li8GeS5-xTe1+x in which: ?0.5?x<0, 0<x?0.375.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230167228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main material, and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, wherein the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) is a reaction product of a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyester polyol (a2), and a hydroxyl group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction raw materials. The curable composition of the invention is advantageous in that a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and excellent tensile strength can be formed from the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
  • Patent number: 11621674
    Abstract: A high-efficiency amplifier is configured so that short stubs are provided in a line between a first substrate end and a second substrate end of a substrate, and among the short stubs, short stubs provided at locations other than both ends of the line include two short stubs and which are adjacent to each other, and which are provided at locations at which the two short stubs are to be electromagnetically coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Eigo Kuwata, Makoto Kimura, Jun Kamioka
  • Publication number: 20230093616
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotation angle detection device that detects a steering state quantity of steer-by-wire. The rotation angle detection device includes a drive gear that rotates along with the rotation of a rotating shaft part, first through third driven gears that rotate in conjunction with the drive gear and have different numbers of teeth that are indivisible by each other, sensors that detect the amounts of rotation and are provided for the respective first through third driving gears, a rotation amount generating unit that generates the amount of rotation of the drive gear by combining the amounts of rotation of different driven gears, and power supply circuits each of which is provided for a combination of sensors that detect the amounts of rotation of different driven gears. This configuration makes it possible to improve robustness against failure of sensor elements and power supply circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230059965
    Abstract: A steering input device for steer-by-wire, according to the present invention, includes a steering shaft that is mechanically separated from a steered wheel, a reaction force motor that applies a steering load to the steering shaft, a lock mechanism that regulates rotation of the steering shaft, a steering amount sensor that detects an operation amount of the steering shaft and outputs an operation amount signal, and a controller. The controller increases the reaction torque generated by the reaction force motor after the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to an OFF state, and after the reaction torque is increased, switches the lock mechanism to a locked state. Thereby, it is possible to suppress an uncomfortable sensation of the driver in steering, while suppressing occurrence of a phase shift between the steering wheel and the steered wheel when the starting switch of the vehicle is switched to the OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhito NAKAKUKI, Makoto KIMURA, Huajun LIU, Atsushi HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20230026891
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a multi-layer board which a wiring pattern and a grounding pattern are formed. A plurality of semiconductor elements are mounted on the multi-layer board. An insulating sealing member is provided on the multi-layer board and is covering the plurality of semiconductor elements. A metal film is provided on the insulating sealing member. An in-groove metal is provided in contact with a plurality of grooves extending from a side-surface upper end of the insulating sealing member to a side-surface lower end of the multi-layer board. An in-hole metal is provided in an inner wall of a hole penetrating through the insulating sealing member and is extending to the multi-layer board. The in-hole metal is contacting with the metal film and the grounding pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro TSUKAHARA, Makoto KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220403099
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition which is rapidly curable and which gives cured products with good heat resistance, a cured product thereof, a fiber-reinforced composite material, a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article, and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article. Provided are a curable composition containing an epoxy resin (A), an aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B), and an imidazole compound (C), wherein the ratio H/E of the number of moles H of active hydrogen in the aliphatic and/or alicyclic amine compound (B) to the number of moles E of an epoxy group in the epoxy resin (A) is in the range of 0.2 to 0.9; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin-molded article; and a method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced resin-molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Akito Kawasaki, Makoto Kimura, Kunihiro Morinaga
  • Patent number: 11478753
    Abstract: Provided is a hollow fiber membrane module that exhibits excellent durability even when a chemical such as a radical polymerizable compound is used for a separation or mixing process. Also provided is a method for producing the hollow fiber membrane module in a highly productive manner. More specifically, there is provided a hollow fiber membrane module at least including a tubular body, a cap, a hollow fiber membrane, and an end seal portion, wherein at least a liquid contacting portion of the end seal portion is sealed with a cured product of a curable resin composition including an epoxy resin, and wherein the epoxy resin includes a polyglycidyl ether of a polycondensate of an aromatic compound containing a phenolic hydroxyl group and an aromatic compound containing a formyl group and a phenolic hydroxyl group, and there is provided a method for producing the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei Suganuma, Kazumi Oi, Tsugio Tomura, Makoto Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220251285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable composition containing a urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) as an essential component of a main agent and an acid anhydride (B) as an essential component of a curing agent, the urethane-modified epoxy resin (A) being a reaction product obtained by using a polyisocyanate compound (a1), a polyether polyol (a2), and a hydroxy group-containing epoxy resin (a3) as essential reaction materials; a cured product thereof; a fiber-reinforced composite material; a fiber-reinforced resin molded article; and a method for producing a fiber-reinforced resin molded article. The curable composition can form a cured product having excellent fracture toughness and tensile strength in the cured product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Makoto Kimura, Shigeki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20220213280
    Abstract: To provide a molding material which uses, as essential raw materials, (A) an aromatic epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent for epoxy resins, and (C) a curing accelerator, and which has a ratio of transmittance at 910 cm?1 to transmittance at 1510 cm?1 (910 cm?1/1510 cm?1) in FT-IR ATR measurement in the range of 1 to 3. Since the molding material exhibits excellent productivity, moldability and the like, the molding material can be suitably used in automobile members, railway vehicle members, aerospace vehicle members, watercraft members, housing equipment members, sports members, light vehicle members, construction civil engineering members, and exteriors and structures of office automation equipment, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Hitomi, Kenichi Hamada, Makoto Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220204750
    Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin (A) having a viscosity at 25° C. of 1000 mPa·s or less, an epoxy resin (B) having at least two epoxy groups that is other than the epoxy resin (A), a core-shell rubber particle (C), and an amine curing agent (D). The content of the epoxy resin (A) is in the range of 0.5 to 15 mass % relative to the total mass of (A), (B), (C), and (D), and the content of the core-shell rubber particle (C) is in the range of 1 to 10 mass % relative to the total mass of (A), (B), (C), and (D). This epoxy resin composition has low viscosity and good impregnation property into fibers and is capable of forming into a cured product having high heat resistance, high mechanical properties, and high water absorption resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuko Kobayashi, Shigeki Matsui, Makoto Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220177695
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a curable composition including an epoxy resin, an amine compound, and core-shell particles, in which the amine compound contains an N-(aminoalkyl)piperazine compound as an essential component; a cured product thereof; a fiber reinforced composite material, a fiber reinforced resin molded article, and a method for producing a fiber reinforced resin molded article. The curable resin composition has fast curability, also has favorable impregnation property into reinforced fibers, and furthermore, can form a cured product having excellent toughness and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kimura, Shigeki Matsui, Akito Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 11283389
    Abstract: A motor system includes first and second solid-state relays disposed between an inverter configured to control energization to a first coil set of a motor and an in-vehicle battery for supplying power to the inverter, and connected in series in this order in a direction from the inverter to the battery. The first solid-state relay has a first diode of which a forward direction is from the battery to the inverter. The second solid-state relay has a second diode of which a forward direction is from the inverter to the battery. Motor relays, each having a third diode of which a forward direction is from the neutral point to the inverter, are connected to the phase coils of the first coil set. When power supply from the battery to the inverter is interrupted, the first solid-state relay is turned off after the motor relays are turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kimura, Masaki Itabashi