Patents by Inventor Masaaki Okada
Masaaki Okada 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: 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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Publication number: 20240106703Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a basic information acquisition unit configured to acquire basic server information including server information and location information, the server information including identification information of an accommodating station accommodating a server that constitutes a network and an identifier of a BMC of the server, the location information indicating an installation location of the server in the accommodating station; a related information generation unit configured to generate server-related information including at least an IP address of the server based on the basic server information; a setting information generation unit configured to generate setting information necessary for provisioning the server based on the basic server information and the server-related information; and a data query unit configured to query the server about normality of the setting information generated by the setting information generation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INCInventors: Jayoung OH, Masaaki KOSUGI, Jun OKADA
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Publication number: 20240107340Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a correlating information storage unit configured to store correlating information, about a failure that occurs, that correlates a notification notified when the failure occurs to a workaround for the failure; a notification acquisition unit configured to acquire, a plurality of notifications notified in relation to a plurality of components related to a device in which the failure has occurred, respectively; a failure determination unit configured to determine whether the failure is a known failure in which the notification is correlated to the workaround or an unknown failure, by referring to the correlating information based on the plurality of notifications; and a workaround determination unit configured to determine, when the failure is determined to be the known failure, the workaround that is correlated to a notification determined according to a predetermined ordering of the components, as the workaround to be applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.Inventors: Jun OKADA, Jayoung OH, Masaaki KOSUGI
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Publication number: 20240106706Abstract: Disclosed herein is a network management apparatus, comprising: a configuration information storage unit configured to store configuration information on devices and/or functions that constitute a virtualized environment of a network; a property information acquisition unit configured to acquire information associated with devices and/or functions to which a workaround for a specific problem is to be applied as property information of the workaround; an application target extraction unit configured to extract devices and/or functions serving as an application target of the workaround by referring to the configuration information stored by the configuration information storage unit based on the property information acquired by the property information acquisition unit; and an execution request unit configured to request to execute the workaround with respect to the application target extracted by the application target extraction unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.Inventors: Masaaki KOSUGI, JUN OKADA, Jayoung OH
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Publication number: 20240079723Abstract: A polyolefin microporous membrane having a film thickness of 1 ?m to 30 ?m; an air permeability of 500 sec/100 cm3 or less; and a withstand voltage reduction rate of 1.0% or greater and 17.0% or less due to pressing under conditions of a temperature of 60° C., a pressure of 3.4 MPa, and a compression time of 1 sec or a withstand voltage reduction rate of 1.0% or greater and 28.0% or less due to pressing under conditions of a temperature of 70° C., a pressure of 8 MPa, and a compression time of 3 min, or having a polyethylene crystal long period before compression of 35.0 nm or more, measured by a small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) method, and a diffraction peak-to-peak distance of 2.410° or more and 2.600° or less derived from a (110) plane and a (200) plane of a polyethylene crystal before compression is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Mizutani, Tomosato Okubo, Masaaki Okada, Takeshi Matsubayashi
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Patent number: 11923497Abstract: Described herein, are battery separators, comprising the following: a microporous polymeric film; and an optional coating layer on at least one side of the microporous polymeric film, wherein at least one of the microporous polymeric film and the optional coating comprises an additive. The additive is selected from the group consisting of a lubricating agent, a plasticizing agent, a nucleating agent, a shrinkage reducing agent, a surfactant, an SEI improving agent, a cathode protection agent, a flame retardant additive, LiPF6 salt stabilizer, an overcharge protector, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a lithium deposition agent or improver, or a solvation enhancer, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a wetting agent, and a viscosity improver. Also, described herein are batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, comprising one or more of the described separators. Methods for making the battery separators are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Changqing Wang Adams, Kang Karen Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Yao Lu, Eric Robert White, Katharine Chemelewski
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Patent number: 11904451Abstract: An electric power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a drive force transmission configured to reduce drive speed of the motor and transmit drive force of the motor to the output shaft; a trigger that can be pulled by a user; a rotation speed changing circuitry configured to change a rotation speed of the output shaft that corresponds to a maximum pulled amount of the trigger to a limited rotation speed that is lower than a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft in a non-limited rotation speed mode; and a rotation speed control circuitry configured to control a rotation speed of the motor in correspondence with a pulled amount of the trigger to obtain the rotation speed of the output shaft that is changed by the rotation speed changing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiaki Sawano, Masaaki Okada, Hidekazu Yuasa
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Publication number: 20240055722Abstract: A polyolefin porous film is provided which has a film thickness of 1-30 ?m and an air permeability of at most 500 sec/100 cm3, and which has a 30% or higher porosity after compression, measured in a compression test under the conditions in which the temperature is 70° C., the pressure is 8 MPa and the compression time is 3 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Mizutani, Tomosato Okubo, Masaaki Okada, Takeshi Matsubayashi
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Publication number: 20230234273Abstract: 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 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: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Kang Karen Xiao, Eric J. Penegar, Takahiko Kondo, Robert Nark, Eric R. White, Xiaomin Zhang, Kristoffer K. Stokes, Stefan Reinartz, Masaaki Okada
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Patent number: 11495865Abstract: 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 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: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Kang Karen Xiao, Eric J. Penegar, Takahiko Kondo, Robert Nark, Eric R. White, Xiaomin Zhang, Kristoffer K. Stokes, Stefan Reinartz, Masaaki Okada
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Patent number: 11330134Abstract: An image-reading apparatus includes a housing having a rectangular-shaped opening on a side of a reading target, a lens portion retained or housed within the housing, and a sensor element to receive light condensed by the lens portion, the light being from the reading target. Long sides of the opening include a first layer that is flat and is disposed on the side of the reading target and a second layer that is continuous with the first layer. The long sides of the opening of the housing of the image-reading apparatus has a flat surface on the side of the reading target and an interface between the first layer and the second layer that is curved.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaaki Okada, Toru Shiraki, Daisuke Ohama, Homare Takeda, Masahiko Takashina, Yuki Okuhigashi
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Publication number: 20220115740Abstract: Described herein, are battery separators, comprising the following: a microporous polymeric film; and an optional coating layer on at least one side of the microporous polymeric film, wherein at least one of the microporous polymeric film and the optional coating comprises an additive. The additive is selected from the group consisting of a lubricating agent, a plasticizing agent, a nucleating agent, a shrinkage reducing agent, a surfactant, an SEI improving agent, a cathode protection agent, a flame retardant additive, LiPF6 salt stabilizer, an overcharge protector, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a lithium deposition agent or improver, or a solvation enhancer, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a wetting agent, and a viscosity improver. Also, described herein are batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, comprising one or more of the described separators. Methods for making the battery separators are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Changqing Wang Adams, Kang Karen Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Yao Lu, Eric Robert White, Katharine Chemelewski
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Patent number: 11224961Abstract: An electric power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a drive force transmission configured to reduce drive speed of the motor and transmit drive force of the motor to the output shaft; a trigger that can be pulled by a user; a rotation speed changing circuitry configured to change a rotation speed of the output shaft that corresponds to a maximum pulled amount of the trigger to a limited rotation speed that is lower than a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft in a non-limited rotation speed mode; and a rotation speed control circuitry configured to control a rotation speed of the motor in correspondence with a pulled amount of the trigger to obtain the rotation speed of the output shaft that is changed by the rotation speed changing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Fumiaki Sawano, Masaaki Okada, Hidekazu Yuasa
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Patent number: 11165121Abstract: Described herein, are battery separators, comprising the following: a microporous polymeric film; and an optional coating layer on at least one side of the microporous polymeric film, wherein at least one of the microporous polymeric film and the optional coating comprises an additive. The additive is selected from the group consisting of a lubricating agent, a plasticizing agent, a nucleating agent, a shrinkage reducing agent, a surfactant, an SEI improving agent, a cathode protection agent, a flame retardant additive, LiPF6 salt stabilizer, an overcharge protector, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a lithium deposition agent or improver, or a solvation enhancer, an aluminum corrosion inhibitor, a wetting agent, and a viscosity improver. Also, described herein are batteries, including lithium-ion batteries, comprising one or more of the described separators. Methods for making the battery separators are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Changqing Wang Adams, Kang Karen Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Yao Lu, Eric Robert White, Katharine Chemelewski
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Publication number: 20210306505Abstract: An image-reading apparatus includes a housing having a rectangular-shaped opening on a side of a reading target, a lens portion retained or housed within the housing, and a sensor element to receive light condensed by the lens portion, the light being from the reading target. Long sides of the opening include a first layer that is flat and is disposed on the side of the reading target and a second layer that is continuous with the first layer. The long sides of the opening of the housing of the image-reading apparatus has a flat surface on the side of the reading target and an interface between the first layer and the second layer that is curved.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masaaki OKADA, Toru SHIRAKI, Daisuke OHAMA, Homare TAKEDA, Masahiko TAKASHINA, Yuki OKUHIGASHI
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Publication number: 20210257701Abstract: A new or improved microporous monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, or multilayer membrane, separator membrane, separator, or coated separator is disclosed. The membrane is preferably made up of at least one resin or polymer and at least one additive. The additive may comprise at least one material that improves adhesion of the microporous membrane to a coating, including a polyaramid-containing coating and a PCS coating, or to a different material such as a metallic surface, including an electrode surface. Improvements in adhesion are based on comparisons to similar microporous membranes without the at least one additive. In some preferred embodiments, the at least one additive may comprise, consist of, or consist essentially of a functionalized polymer or the combination of a functionalized polymer and an elastomer. In some embodiments, the functional group of the functionalized polymer may be maleic anhydride (MAH).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Kang Karen Xiao, Allen M. Donn, Stefan Reinartz, Changqing Wang Adams, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Eric Robert White, Katharine Chemelewski
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Publication number: 20210194095Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Karen Kang Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Takahiko Kondo, Hisaki lkebata, Eric J. Penegar, Robert Nark, Changqing Wang Adams, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Eric Robert White, Allen M. Donn, Katharine Chemeiewski
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Patent number: 10999456Abstract: An image reading device includes light guides (5, 6) that emit light to an object to be read, a lens body (8) that condenses reflected light, a light receiver (13) that receives the reflected light, a sensor board (24) on which is mounted the light receiver (13), a lens holder (11), and a housing (9) that houses or holds these components. The lens holder (11) includes a holder bottom (11g), light guide positioners (11a, 11b) and lens body holders (11e, 11f). In the lens holder (11), the lens body (8) is attached between the lens body holders (11e, 11f), the sensor board (24) is attached to the holder bottom (11g) such that the light receiver (13) aligns with an optical axis of the lens body (8), and the light guides (5, 6) are attached to the light guide positioners (11a, 11b). A surface of each light guide positioner (11a, 11b) that faces the corresponding light guide (5, 6) to be attached has at least a portion having a same shape a s a shape of a surface of the light guide.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke Ohama, Hideki Kunishio, Masaaki Okada, Yuki Okuhigashi, Masahiko Takashina, Masaki Wakisaka
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Publication number: 20210043903Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved membrane, separator and/or method for forming a multilayer microporous membrane for use in an improved battery separator, particularly a battery separator for a lithium ion secondary battery. Also disclosed herein is the multilayer microporous membrane formed by this method, which has properties that compete with or exceed those of wet process, coated or uncoated, membranes that are also useable in battery separators. Also disclosed are battery separators comprising the multilayer microporous membrane and batteries, vehicles, or devices comprising the separators.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventor: Masaaki Okada
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Publication number: 20200382666Abstract: An image reading device includes light guides (5, 6) that emit light to an object to be read, a lens body (8) that condenses reflected light, a light receiver (13) that receives the reflected light, a sensor board (24) on which is mounted the light receiver (13), a lens holder (11), and a housing (9) that houses or holds these components. The lens holder (11) includes a holder bottom (11g), light guide positioners (11a, 11b) and lens body holders (11e, 11f). In the lens holder (11), the lens body (8) is attached between the lens body holders (11e, 11f), the sensor board (24) is attached to the holder bottom (11g) such that the light receiver (13) aligns with an optical axis of the lens body (8), and the light guides (5, 6) are attached to the light guide positioners (11a, 11b). A surface of each light guide positioner (11a, 11b) that faces the corresponding light guide (5, 6) to be attached has at least a portion having a same shape a s a shape of a surface of the light guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Daisuke OHAMA, Hideki KUNISHIO, Masaaki OKADA, Yuki OKUHIGASHI, Masahiko TAKASHINA, Masaki WAKISAKA