Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kawabe
Masaaki Kawabe 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: 20240109408Abstract: A vehicle body lower part structure includes: a side frame that connects a side sill to a battery pack that is arranged below a floor portion; and a battery frame that supports a battery within the battery pack. A first joint flange that is joined to a case bottom portion of the side frame is arranged such that a second joint flange that is joined to the case bottom portion of the battery frame overlaps an upper side in an upward-downward direction of the first joint flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
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Publication number: 20240109594Abstract: A vehicle body lower part structure includes: a side frame that connects a battery pack which is arranged below a floor panel of a vehicle to a side sill which is provided at a further outer position in a vehicle width direction than the battery pack; a lower cross member that is provided within the battery pack, is arranged between batteries, and extends in the vehicle width direction; and a connection portion that is provided within the battery pack and connects the lower cross member to the floor panel. The connection portion is provided at a further outer position in the vehicle width direction than the batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
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Patent number: 10890513Abstract: Provided are a cell-holding substrate holder for preparing an observation specimen, and a cell-holding substrate kit, wherein the cell-holding substrate can be easily attached and detached. Also provided is a method of preparing an observation specimen, wherein cell organelles can be satisfactorily observed using an optical microscope, while three problems of cell detachment, drying, and loss of the three-dimensional properties can be simultaneously solved. The cell-holding substrate holder comprises (1) a support plate 1 having a cell-holding substrate arrangement portion 12 having a window portion through which water can pass; and (2) a removable sandwiching plate 2, 3 which has a window portion through which water can pass, and is capable of working in conjunction with the support plate 1 to sandwich and fix a cell-holding substrate 9 in the cell-holding substrate arrangement portion 12. The cell-holding substrate kit 10 comprises the cell-holding substrate holder and a cell-holding substrate 9.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Ken-ichi Mukaisho, Takanori Hattori, Takuya Iwasa, Masaaki Kawabe, Satoshi Kumagai
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Patent number: 10525664Abstract: Provided is an air-permeable sheet (3) to be used in a state of being interposed between a suction stage (1) and an air-impermeable substrate (4) when printing is performed by a sheet-fed method on the surface of the substrate (4) fixed by suction to the suction stage (1), the air-permeable sheet capable of printing a desired printing pattern on the surface of the substrate with high accuracy. The air-permeable sheet (3) includes a non-woven fabric layer (3b) and a support layer (3a) constituted by a woven fabric or knitted fabric.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kenichi Nomura, Hirobumi Ushijima, Kengo Noguchi, Noriko Michihata, Takeshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Kawabe
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Publication number: 20170232705Abstract: Provided is an air-permeable sheet (3) to be used in a state of being interposed between a suction stage (1) and an air-impermeable substrate (4) when printing is performed by a sheet-fed method on the surface of the substrate (4) fixed by suction to the suction stage (1), the air-permeable sheet capable of printing a desired printing pattern on the surface of the substrate with high accuracy. The air-permeable sheet (3) includes a non-woven fabric layer (3b) and a support layer (3a) constituted by a woven fabric or knitted fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicants: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyInventors: Kenichi NOMURA, Hirobumi USHIJIMA, Kengo NOGUCHI, Noriko MICHIHATA, Takeshi KOBAYASHI, Masaaki KAWABE
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Patent number: 9023743Abstract: An inorganic fiber structure comprising inorganic nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 3 ?m or less, in which an entirety including the inside thereof is adhered with an inorganic adhesive, and the porosity thereof is 90% or more, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignees: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd., Fukuoka Prefectural Government, Kyushu University, National University CorporationInventors: Rie Watanabe, Takashi Tarao, Masaaki Kawabe, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Shinji Sakai, Koei Kawakami
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Patent number: 8562895Abstract: A process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers, without using an organic polymer, using a highly reactive metal alkoxide such as titanium alkoxide or zirconium alkoxide, in particular, a process in which inorganic nanofibers can be stably produced over a long period, is provided. It is a process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers by electrospinning using a sol solution containing an inorganic component as a main component, characterized in that the sol solution contains a metal alkoxide having a high reactivity and a salt catalyst, and that the salt catalyst is an amine compound having an N—N bond, an N—O bond, an N—C?N bond, or an N—C?S bond.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignees: Shinshu University, Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yasushi Murakami, Hisanao Usami, Tomohiro Nishikawa, Takashi Tarao, Rie Watanabe, Masaaki Kawabe, Takashi Nishitani
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Patent number: 8062567Abstract: A process for manufacturing organic fibers containing an inorganic component comprising the steps of: (1) preparing an inorganic spinnable sol solution; (2) mixing the inorganic spinnable sol solution, a solvent capable of dissolving the inorganic spinnable sol solution, and an organic polymer capable of being dissolved in the solvent to prepare a spinning solution; and (3) spinning the spinning solution to form the organic fibers containing an inorganic component composed of an inorganic gel and the organic polymer, is disclosed. The inorganic spinnable sol solution preferably has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, and the inorganic spinnable sol solution is preferably prepared from a material containing a metal alkoxide having an organic substituent.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Rie Watanabe, Takashi Tarao, Masaaki Kawabe
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Publication number: 20110274927Abstract: An inorganic fiber structure comprising inorganic nanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 3 ?m or less, in which an entirety including the inside thereof is adhered with an inorganic adhesive, and the porosity thereof is 90% or more, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Rie Watanabe, Takashi Tarao, Masaaki Kawabe, Tetsu Yamaguchi, Koei Kawakami
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Patent number: 7837814Abstract: Disclosed is a fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric comprising dispersed fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 ?m or less and a fiber length of 3 mm or less, wherein an adhesion rate of substances adhered to the nonwoven fabric is 0.5 mass % or less. Further, a process and an apparatus for manufacturing the fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric, as well as a sheet material comprising the fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Japan Vilene Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Minami, Masaaki Kawabe
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Patent number: 7780883Abstract: A method of producing fibrous aggregate, comprising: a supplying and discharging step in which a fiberizable liquid is supplied from a means for storing a fiberizable liquid to a means for discharging a fiberizable liquid via a supplying pipe, and the fiberizable liquid is discharged from the discharging means; and a fibers-collecting step in which fibers drawn and fiberized by applying an electrical field to the discharged fiberizable liquid are accumulated directly on a collecting surface of a collector while the collecting surface is unidirectionally conveyed to form the fibrous aggregate; wherein the discharging means is carried on a support capable of moving along an endless track capable of rotationally travelling between a pair of rotating shafts, and the fiberizable liquid is discharged from the discharging means while the support is revolved at a constant velocity under the condition that a moving direction of a linear motion area in the endless track conforms to a width direction of the collectingType: GrantFiled: September 19, 2005Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Amagasa, Yukio Kojima, Masaaki Kawabe
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Publication number: 20100164145Abstract: A process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers, without using an organic polymer, using a highly reactive metal alkoxide such as titanium alkoxide or zirconium alkoxide, in particular, a process in which inorganic nanofibers can be stably produced over a long period, is provided. It is a process of manufacturing inorganic nanofibers by electrospinning using a sol solution containing an inorganic component as a main component, characterized in that the sol solution contains a metal alkoxide having a high reactivity and a salt catalyst, and that the salt catalyst is an amine compound having an N—N bond, an N—O bond, an N—C?N bond, or an N—C?S bond.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yasushi MURAKAMI, Hisanao USAMI, Tomohiro NISHIKAWA, Takashi TARAO, Rie WATANABE, Masaaki KAWABE, Takashi NISHITANI
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Patent number: 7616428Abstract: A separator for an electric double layer capacitor, characterized in that a thickness of the entire separator is 25 ?m or less, a layer of an ultrafine fibrous aggregate prepared by an electrostatic spinning process is contained, an average fiber diameter of ultrafine fibers constituting the ultrafine fibrous aggregate layer is 1 ?m or less, and a maximum pore size of the ultrafine fibrous aggregate is not more than 3 times a mean flow pore size is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Kawabe, Fuminori Kimura, Masahiro Amagasa
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Publication number: 20090253328Abstract: A process for manufacturing organic fibers containing an inorganic component comprising the steps of: (1) preparing an inorganic spinnable sol solution; (2) mixing the inorganic spinnable sol solution, a solvent capable of dissolving the inorganic spinnable sol solution, and an organic polymer capable of being dissolved in the solvent to prepare a spinning solution; and (3) spinning the spinning solution to form the organic fibers containing an inorganic component composed of an inorganic gel and the organic polymer, is disclosed. The inorganic spinnable sol solution preferably has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, and the inorganic spinnable sol solution is preferably prepared from a material containing a metal alkoxide having an organic substituent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Rie WATANABE, Takashi TARAO, Masaaki KAWABE
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Publication number: 20070247785Abstract: A separator for an electric double layer capacitor, characterized in that a thickness of the entire separator is 25 ?m or less, a layer of an ultrafine fibrous aggregate prepared by an electrostatic spinning process is contained, an average fiber diameter of ultrafine fibers constituting the ultrafine fibrous aggregate layer is 1 ?m or less, and a maximum pore size of the ultrafine fibrous aggregate is not more than 3 times a mean flow pore size is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: October 25, 2007Applicant: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Masaaki Kawabe, Fuminori Kimura, Masahiro Amagasa
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Publication number: 20060205007Abstract: There is provided a DNA supporting fiber capable of maintaining the stability of DNA and efficiently expressing the adsorption property of DNA. Also provided is a DNA supporting sheet useful in a variety of applications, the sheet that utilizes the fiber. The DNA supporting fiber is produced by fusing and fixing, onto the surface composed of a thermoplastic resin of a fiber, particles where DNA as an adsorbent is immobilized in a porous matrix containing an inorganic oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Zuyi Zhang, Toshiya Yuasa, Shinji Eritate, Yoshinori Kotani, Masaaki Kawabe, Tatsuo Nakamura, Koichi Kato, Yoshiyuki Tozawa
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Publication number: 20060081330Abstract: Disclosed is a fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric comprising dispersed fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 4 ?m or less and a fiber length of 3 mm or less, wherein an adhesion rate of substances adhered to the nonwoven fabric is 0.5 mass % or less. Further, a process and an apparatus for manufacturing the fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric, as well as a sheet material comprising the fine-fibers-dispersed nonwoven fabric are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Akinori Minami, Masaaki Kawabe
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Publication number: 20060060999Abstract: A method of producing fibrous aggregate, comprising: a supplying and discharging step in which a fiberizable liquid is supplied from a means for storing a fiberizable liquid to a means for discharging a fiberizable liquid via a supplying pipe, and the fiberizable liquid is discharged from the discharging means; and a fibers-collecting step in which fibers drawn and fiberized by applying an electrical field to the discharged fiberizable liquid are accumulated directly on a collecting surface of a collector while the collecting surface is unidirectionally conveyed to form the fibrous aggregate; wherein the discharging means is carried on a support capable of moving along an endless track capable of rotationally travelling between a pair of rotating shafts, and the fiberizable liquid is discharged from the discharging means while the support is revolved at a constant velocity under the condition that a moving direction of a linear motion area in the endless track conforms to a width direction of the collecting sType: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2005Publication date: March 23, 2006Applicant: Japan Vilene Company, LTDInventors: Masahiro Amagasa, Yukio Kojima, Masaaki Kawabe
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Publication number: 20040214497Abstract: A process for manufacturing an inorganic material-based article comprising the steps ofType: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: JAPAN VILENE CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Kawabe, Takashi Tarao, Kouji Kimura
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Patent number: 6808670Abstract: A process for manufacturing an inorganic material-based article comprising the steps of (1) forming a sol solution mainly composed of an inorganic component, (2) producing inorganic material-based gel fine fibers by extruding the resulting sol solution from a nozzle, and at the same time, applying an electrical field to the extruded sol solution to thin the extruded sol solution, and then, collecting inorganic material-based gel fine fibers on a support, (3) drying the collected inorganic material-based gel fine fibers to produce inorganic material-based article containing inorganic material-based dried gel fine fibers, and then, (4) sintering the inorganic material-based article containing inorganic material-based dried gel fine fibers to produce inorganic material-based article containing inorganic material-based sintered fine fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Japan Vilene Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Kawabe, Takashi Tarao, Kouji Kimura