Patents by Inventor Manabu Fujii

Manabu Fujii 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: 20230301760
    Abstract: A denture base of the present disclosure includes: a base main body; and a plurality of sockets provided in the base main body and each having a concave shape. The plurality of sockets are provided along a shape of the base main body. The base main body includes a socket partition wall provided between adjacent sockets of the plurality of sockets. The socket partition wall is provided with a groove that communicates with the adjacent sockets each other. The plurality of sockets communicate with each other through the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hajime TAKADA, Fumio IMAHORI, Masayoshi NISHIZAWA, Hidefumi FUJIMURA, Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230224422
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a service. In a case where the information processing apparatus receives a registration request for registering an image forming apparatus in the service, the information processing apparatus issues an access token based on an output authority of an instructing user who has given an instruction to transmit the registration request, and transmits the issued access token to the image forming apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventor: MANABU FUJII
  • Patent number: 11660956
    Abstract: A tank mounting structure includes a frame, a band, and a tank protector. The frame is configured to fix the tank. The band is configured to fix the tank in a state where the band sandwiches the tank with the frame and the band deforms in accordance with expansion or contraction of the tank. The tank protector is configured to be fixed to an inner side of the band or an outer side of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230091329
    Abstract: A high-pressure gas tank module may include: a gas tank which stores high-pressure gas, the tank including a cylindrical side wall extending along a center axis of the tank, and an end wall located at an end of the side wall, wherein the end wall is curved outward in a dome-shape; a protector fixed on an outer surface of the end wall; and a boss located on the center axis and fixed on an inner surface of the end wall. The boss includes a joining surface joined to the inner surface, the protector includes a facing surface facing the end wall, wherein the facing surface includes a joining area joined to the outer surface and a non-joining area extending along the outer surface from the joining area toward the side wall, and the joining area faces the joining surface with the end wall interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230065571
    Abstract: A fuel cell electric vehicle includes a ladder frame, a fuel cell stack, a fuel tank, a joint, and a center tunnel. The ladder frame includes two side members extending in parallel in a front-rear direction of the fuel cell electric vehicle and a plurality of cross members linking the two side members. The fuel tank stores fuel gas to be used by the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack and the fuel tank are fixed to the ladder frame. The fuel tank and the joint are linked by a first fuel pipe made of metal, and the joint and the fuel cell stack are linked by a second fuel pipe. The fuel tank and the joint are supported by the ladder frame and accordingly the relative vibration of the joint with respect to the fuel tank is reduced, and are disposed in the center tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11584064
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a high-pressure tank that is capable of suppressing entry of a resin in a stiffener layer into the boundary between a liner body and a mouthpiece, and also offers excellent productivity. The method for producing a high-pressure tank includes disposing a resin sheet on a liner body having a mouthpiece, the resin sheet covering a gap between an outer circumferential portion of the mouthpiece and the liner body, and heating the resin sheet and welding the resin sheet to the mouthpiece and the liner body, to make a liner; and forming a fiber layer around the outer circumference of the liner, the fiber layer being impregnated with a resin, and curing the resin, wherein the softening point of a material constituting the resin sheet is higher than the maximum temperature that is reached by the liner due to heating of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20230003342
    Abstract: A tank holding device includes a band configured to tighten a hydrogen tank. The band includes a band-shaped base portion extending along an outer circumference of the hydrogen tank, and a plurality of pressing portions projecting from both sides of the base portion in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the base portion and configured to apply a pressing force to an outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank by elastically deforming in abutment against the outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank. At least an elastic member is provided in a gap between the band and the hydrogen tank to fill the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20230003348
    Abstract: A tank holding device includes a band configured to tighten a hydrogen tank. The band includes a band-shaped base portion extending along an outer circumference of the hydrogen tank, a plurality of pressing portions projecting from both sides of the base portion in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the base portion and configured to apply a pressing force to an outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank by elastically deforming in abutment against the outer peripheral surface of the hydrogen tank, and a deformation limiting portion configured to limit deformation of the pressing portions to a specified amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11511498
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank including a reinforcing layer in which rims of both ends of a tubular member and rims of a pair of dome members are joined to overlap each other in a radial direction includes producing the dome members and producing the tubular member. The producing of the dome members includes producing a wound body on a mandrel, curing a resin contained in the wound body, shaving the wound body after the resin is cured to reduce, toward a split line, thicknesses of the rims of the dome members to be obtained by splitting the wound body, splitting the shaved wound body into the dome members by cutting the wound body along the split line, and demolding the dome members from the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Takeda, Manabu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220354074
    Abstract: A nutriculture device includes: a culture bed having an upward facing opening; a planting panel that covers the opening of the culture bed, includes a through hole having a crop pass therethrough, and defines an internal space between the cover and the culture bed; a water retention mat inside the internal space and that retains water; a plurality of culture containers each of which supports the crop, each of which is arranged in the internal space, and each of which is provided with a bottom hole; a medium housed in each culture container; a mat-side water irrigation unit feeding water to the water retention mat; and a container-side water irrigation unit feeding water into each of the culture containers per container unit including some of the culture containers or per culture container. The nutriculture device with this configuration can cultivate high-quality crops while suppressing generated drainage water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: AGRI CORE SYSTEM LLC, CULTIVERA LLC
    Inventors: Manabu FUJII, Shohei TOYONAGA
  • Patent number: 11486544
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a fiber layer, and a protective layer. The liner has an internal space to store a fluid. The fiber layer includes fibers wound around an outer surface of the liner, and a thermosetting resin that has been cured and covers surfaces of the fibers. The protective layer includes a porous member disposed on the fibers, the porous member having a plurality of pores extending through the porous member in a thickness direction of the porous member. The thermosetting resin has entered the pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Fujii
  • Patent number: 11441734
    Abstract: A method of producing a high-pressure tank including a liner and a reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced resin includes a process of forming at least a domed member included in the reinforcement layer. The process includes placing first fiber bundles to form a part of a protruding portion and a part of a domed main body, and placing second fiber bundles to cover the first fiber bundles. The first fiber bundles are placed, such that a fiber direction of the first fiber bundles in the protruding portion follows an axial direction of the protruding portion, and resin with which the fiber bundles are impregnated is solidified while the first fiber bundles are being placed. The second fiber bundles are placed, such that the fiber direction of the second fiber bundles intersects with the fiber direction of the first fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Fujii, Naoki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20220203826
    Abstract: A tank device mounted on a vehicle body includes a tank, and a fixing device that fixes the tank to a vehicle body. The tank includes a boss located at its one end, and a flow path member fixed in an opening portion of the boss, the flow path member serving as a flow path that allows the inside of the tank to communicate with the outside. The fixing device includes a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being sandwiched between an end of the opening portion and the flow path member, and the second end portion being fixed to a fixing portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20220144078
    Abstract: A tank mounting structure includes a frame, a band, and a tank protector. The frame is configured to fix the tank. The band is configured to fix the tank in a state where the band sandwiches the tank with the frame and the band deforms in accordance with expansion or contraction of the tank. The tank protector is configured to be fixed to an inner side of the band or an outer side of the band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Patent number: 11260747
    Abstract: A tank mounting structure includes a frame, a band, and a tank protector. The frame is configured to fix the tank. The band is configured to fix the tank in a state where the band sandwiches the tank with the frame and the band deforms in accordance with expansion or contraction of the tank. The tank protector is configured to be fixed to an inner side of the band or an outer side of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Manabu Fujii
  • Publication number: 20220032559
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a high-pressure tank including a reinforcing layer in which rims of both ends of a tubular member and rims of a pair of dome members are joined to overlap each other in a radial direction includes producing the dome members and producing the tubular member. The producing of the dome members includes producing a wound body on a mandrel, curing a resin contained in the wound body, shaving the wound body after the resin is cured to reduce, toward a split line, thicknesses of the rims of the dome members to be obtained by splitting the wound body, splitting the shaved wound body into the dome members by cutting the wound body along the split line, and demolding the dome members from the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei TAKEDA, Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210388948
    Abstract: Provided is a tank holder capable of suppressing a necessary dedicated space. A tank holder to hold a tank includes: a belt-shaped band that is arranged along an outer circumference of the tank, the band being provided with a plurality of pressing elements that protrude to press a surface of the tank and elastically deform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210387400
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a high-pressure tank that is capable of suppressing entry of a resin in a stiffener layer into the boundary between a liner body and a mouthpiece, and also offers excellent productivity. The method for producing a high-pressure tank includes disposing a resin sheet on a liner body having a mouthpiece, the resin sheet covering a gap between an outer circumferential portion of the mouthpiece and the liner body, and heating the resin sheet and welding the resin sheet to the mouthpiece and the liner body, to make a liner; and forming a fiber layer around the outer circumference of the liner, the fiber layer being impregnated with a resin, and curing the resin, wherein the softening point of a material constituting the resin sheet is higher than the maximum temperature that is reached by the liner due to heating of the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Manabu FUJII
  • Publication number: 20210293380
    Abstract: A method of producing a high-pressure tank including a liner and a reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced resin includes a process of forming at least a domed member included in the reinforcement layer. The process includes placing first fiber bundles to form a part of a protruding portion and a part of a domed main body, and placing second fiber bundles to cover the first fiber bundles. The first fiber bundles are placed, such that a fiber direction of the first fiber bundles in the protruding portion follows an axial direction of the protruding portion, and resin with which the fiber bundles are impregnated is solidified while the first fiber bundles are being placed. The second fiber bundles are placed, such that the fiber direction of the second fiber bundles intersects with the fiber direction of the first fiber bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Manabu FUJII, Naoki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210123566
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a liner, a fiber layer, and a protective layer. The liner has an internal space to store a fluid. The fiber layer includes fibers wound around an outer surface of the liner, and a thermosetting resin that has been cured and covers surfaces of the fibers. The protective layer includes a porous member disposed on the fibers, the porous member having a plurality of pores extending through the porous member in a thickness direction of the porous member. The thermosetting resin has entered the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Manabu Fujii