Patents by Inventor Masaaki Kondo
Masaaki Kondo 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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Patent number: 11969929Abstract: Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and strength, compared to prior monolayer or tri-layer microporous membranes of the same thickness. The preferred multilayer microporous membrane comprises microlayers and one or more lamination interfaces or barriers. Also disclosed is a battery separator or battery comprising one or more of the multilayer microporous films or membranes. The inventive battery and battery separator is preferably safer and more robust than batteries and battery separators using prior monolayer and tri-layer microporous membranes. Also, described herein is a method for making the multilayer microporous separators, membranes or films described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Kang Karen Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Takahiko Kondo, Hisaki Ikebata, Eric J. Penegar, Robert Nark, Changqing Wang Adams, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Eric Robert White, Allen M. Donn, Katharine Chemelewski
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Patent number: 11952475Abstract: A novel or improved base film for impregnation, impregnated base film, product incorporating the impregnated base film, and/or related methods as shown, claimed or described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Takahiko Kondo, Masaaki Okada, Stefan Reinartz, Daniel R. Alexander
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Patent number: 11927655Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry sets a pulse sequence to collect plural echo signals by application of a refocusing pulse more than once after application of an excitation pulse once, and collects data on plural slices that are parallel to each other by executing the pulse sequence more than once. The processing circuitry sets the pulse sequence such that a slice thickness for the refocusing pulse becomes larger than a slice thickness for the excitation pulse, and collects the data on the plural slices by executing the pulse sequence without consecutively collecting data on adjacent ones of the plural slices.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Kondo, Masaaki Umeda, Masanori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20230280977Abstract: An arithmetic processing apparatus includes a controlling unit that refers to an attribute of a compressing scheme on data on a main memory when the data is transferred between the main memory and a memory controller, and that transfers the data by switching the compressing scheme based on the referred attribute.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicants: Fujitsu Limited, KEIO UNIVERSITYInventors: Masaaki Kondo, Makiko Ito
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Publication number: 20220411643Abstract: A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki KONDO, Mari MIKI
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Patent number: 11518890Abstract: A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Kondo, Mari Miki
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Publication number: 20220089855Abstract: A curable composition and a cured material containing: a compound (A) having one (meth) acrylate group in one molecule; a compound (B) having two or more (meth) acrylate groups in one molecule; a polymerization initiator (C); a dispersant (D); and a thermally conductive filler (E) containing zinc oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Ryuji Terauchi, Yusuke Kato, Masaaki Kondo, Takuya Goto
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Patent number: 11149832Abstract: A differential hypoid gear, a pinion gear, and paired hypoid gears formed by a combination thereof are provided. The differential hypoid gear includes a ring-shaped main body and a tooth-forming surface, and has a chemical component composition including C: 0.15-0.30 mass %, Si: 0.55-1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50-1.20 mass %, Cr: 0.50-1.50 mass %, Al: 0.020-0.080 mass %, B: 0.0005-0.0050 mass %, Ti: 0.01-0.08 mass %, N: 0.0020-0.0100 mass %, Mo: 0.25 mass % or less, and Nb: less than 0.10 mass %, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The chemical component composition satisfies Formulae 1 and 2. The differential hypoid gear has a metallographic structure including mainly tempered martensite. A martensite ratio at an inside of a dedendum differs between an end portion of a tooth and a central portion of the tooth within a range of 15% or less. A core hardness of the dedendum at the central portion falls within 350-500 HV.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayoshi Sugiura, Yuta Iwamoto, Naoki Fukuda, Yasuhiro Fukuda, Masaaki Kondo
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Patent number: 11118717Abstract: A male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignees: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Nishio, Hidetoshi Nohara, Hirofumi Onishi, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita
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Patent number: 11098263Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a sliding guide surface, which includes a lubricant base oil, an acid phosphate ester mixture having a structure represented by the following Formula (1) and including an acid phosphate monoester and an acid phosphate diester, and an aliphatic monoamine, and which satisfies a predetermined condition A or condition B, is provided. In Formula (1), each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a saturated or unsaturated straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Cosmo Oil Lubricants Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniharu Yamamoto, Masaaki Kondo, Kenichi Sekine
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Publication number: 20210180671Abstract: A differential hypoid gear, a pinion gear, and paired hypoid gears formed by a combination thereof are provided. The differential hypoid gear includes a ring-shaped main body and a tooth-forming surface, and has a chemical component composition including C: 0.15-0.30 mass %, Si: 0.55-1.00 mass %, Mn: 0.50-1.20 mass %, Cr: 0.50-1.50 mass %, Al: 0.020-0.080 mass %, B: 0.0005-0.0050 mass %, Ti: 0.01-0.08 mass %, N: 0.0020-0.0100 mass %, Mo: 0.25 mass % or less, and Nb: less than 0.10 mass %, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The chemical component composition satisfies Formulae 1 and 2. The differential hypoid gear has a metallographic structure including mainly tempered martensite. A martensite ratio at an inside of a dedendum differs between an end portion of a tooth and a central portion of the tooth within a range of 15% or less. A core hardness of the dedendum at the central portion falls within 350-500 HV.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: AICHI STEEL CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayoshi SUGIURA, Yuta IWAMOTO, Naoki FUKUDA, Yasuhiro FUKUDA, Masaaki KONDO
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Publication number: 20200032079Abstract: A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki KONDO, Mari MIKI
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Publication number: 20190300816Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for a sliding guide surface, which includes a lubricant base oil, an acid phosphate ester mixture having a structure represented by the following Formula (1) and including an acid phosphate monoester and an acid phosphate diester, and an aliphatic monoamine, and which satisfies a predetermined condition A or condition B, is provided. In Formula (1), each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a saturated or unsaturated straight-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are not simultaneously hydrogen atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2017Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: Kuniharu Yamamoto, Masaaki Kondo, Kenichi Sekine
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Patent number: 10370733Abstract: A method of annealing a metal member includes: disposing a first heater in an inner space of a hollow cylindrical metal member having an inner peripheral surface provided with plural teeth protruding toward a central direction, the first heater radiating infrared light and being disposed so as to extend parallel to a direction of a central axis of the metal member; heating the metal member from the inner space with the first heater; and gradually cooling the metal member after heating.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuo Ohsugi, Tsuyoshi Hamaya, Satoshi Arai, Eiji Yanagida, Shinya Sano, Masaaki Kondo, Toshimitsu Takahashi, Yoji Sato
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Patent number: 10141589Abstract: A fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a tank, a 1st pressure sensor that measures a fill-time pressure, a 2nd pressure sensor that measures a supply piping pressure, a temperature sensor that measures an internal temperature of the tank; and a controller that, when the fuel cell starts, derives an estimated pressure value of the supply piping pressure based on a 1st pressure value that shows the fill-time pressure, the internal temperature when the 1st pressure value was measured, and the internal temperature when the supply piping pressure was measured, and that detects as the supply piping pressure the lower value among the estimated pressure value and the 2nd pressure value that shows the measured supply piping pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Komiya, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita
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Publication number: 20180283594Abstract: The present disclosure provides a male coupling member detachably couplable to a female coupling member that includes an outer coupling body having a first end inserted and fitted into the female coupling member, a second end opposite to the first end, and a passage extending from the first end to the second end. The male coupling member further includes an inner coupling body disposed coaxially with the outer coupling body at a position closer to the first end, and a filtration member detachably attached to the inner coupling body. The inner coupling body is attachable to and detachable from the outer coupling body from the first end. The filtration member is held in the passage when the inner coupling body is attached to the outer coupling body. The filtration member is detachable when the inner coupling body is detached from the outer coupling body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicants: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya NISHIO, Hidetoshi NOHARA, Hirofumi ONISHI, Masaaki KONDO, Akira YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 10030783Abstract: In order to reduce a pressure loss in a check valve and simplify a manufacturing process, a check valve (10) configured to be disposed in piping of fluid is provided, which includes a valve housing (31) including a valve element (52) and a valve seat (54) therein, a casing (20) that is configured to place the valve housing therein, in which a casing flow path (60) is provided between the casing and the valve housing to make a flow of the fluid in an axial direction of the valve housing. In the valve housing, a communicating hole (38) and sealing portion (34) are formed. The communicating hole that is formed through the valve housing in a thickness direction thereof introduces the fluid, which flows through between the valve element and the valve seat at the open position of the check valve, into the casing flow path.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Onishi, Masaaki Kondo, Akira Yamashita, Takuya Nishio
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Patent number: 9995406Abstract: A valve device includes a body in which a gas flow passage is provided; and a check valve provided in the gas flow passage, the check valve including a poppet and a valve seat. The poppet excluding a block portion is in a form of a hollow shaft, the block portion being located at a distal end of the poppet and having a taper shape, and the poppet has at least one side hole that provides communication between an inside and an outside of a portion of the poppet, the portion being in the form of the hollow shaft. The at least one side hole extends obliquely with respect to a central axis line of the poppet such that the at least one side hole extends along a gas flow direction inclined with respect to a direction in which the poppet moves when the check valve opens.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Munetoshi Kuroyanagi, Akio Nakamura, Kazuo Haneda, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9927817Abstract: A throttle valve includes a throttle valve element; a support member that supports the throttle valve element, the support member including a valve element support portion, and a shaft portion that is connected to the valve element support portion, the shaft portion having a gas passage and an inlet port; a mounting member that mounts the support member in a throttle valve flow passage; a filter that is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to cover the inlet port, in a space whose axial length is defined by the shaft portion and the mounting member; and gaskets that are respectively disposed between one axial end of the filter and the mounting member and between the other axial end of the filter and the shaft portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akio Nakamura, Akira Nakano, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9929417Abstract: A valve device includes a body, a solenoid valve accommodated in an accommodation hole of the body, and a joint member fixed to the body. The solenoid valve includes: a sleeve having a tubular shape and fitted in the accommodation hole, and including an introduction passage and a delivery passage; and a valve element configured to open and close the passages. A U-seal is disposed between an outer wall surface of the sleeve and an inner wall surface of the accommodation hole. The body has an attachment hole that is located downstream of the delivery passage of the sleeve and opens on an outer surface of the body. The joint member including a backflow reduction valve is fixed to the attachment hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akio Nakamura, Takuya Suzuki, Shusuke Inagi, Akira Yamashita, Masaaki Kondo