Patents by Inventor Masashi Inoue

Masashi Inoue 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: 12294263
    Abstract: A stator coil including a continuous three-phase coil group the linear portions in the linear portion groups of the respective phases being arranged side by side in order in the continuous three-phase coil group, wherein in each of first slots that are every other slots from among the slots, the linear portions of a same phase are accommodated in order and stacked in a radial direction of the stator core, and in each of second slots that are every other slots different from the first slots from among the slots, the linear portions of two phases that are same as two phases of the linear portions in the first slots on opposite sides of the second slot are accommodated in a number of layers stacked, the number being equal to a number of layers stacked in the first slots, and stacked in the radial direction of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Omagari, Masashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20250136835
    Abstract: A treating solution containing an alkanediol (A) having 9 or more carbon atoms in which two hydroxy groups are respectively bonded to the carbon atoms that are non-adjacent to each other, at least one compound (B) of a polyvalent metal salt or a polyvalent amine, and water. An ink set for ink-jet printing is also described, which contains the treating solution and an ink that contains a coloring material and water. An ink-jet printing method using the treating solution includes applying the treating solution onto a printing medium to obtain a surface-treated printing medium, and forming images on a treated surface of the surface-treated printing medium in an ink-jet printing manner using an ink that contains a coloring material and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi TAMURA, Masashi INOUE, Tetsuya EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12208148
    Abstract: A dental restorative curable compositions may have a high mechanical strength and excellent water resistance and polishability in the form of a cured product. A dental composite resin may include such compositions. A dental mill blank may include the cured product of such compositions. A dental restorative curable composition may include: a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (A) having two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups per molecule; a mono(meth)acrylic acid ester compound (B); an inorganic filler (C) having an average primary particle diameter of 0.01 to 5 ?m; and a polymerization initiator (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Seiya Ichikawa, Kenji Suzuki, Hayato Miyakawa, Tatsuya Kajikawa, Hirotaka Horiguchi
  • Publication number: 20240396005
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that can improve the cycle characteristic and discharge rate characteristic of the lithium secondary battery is provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the positive electrode active material for the lithium secondary battery has a layered structure, and contains a particle of a lithium metal composite oxide containing Li, Ni, and a specific element X, the particle contains a secondary particle which is an aggregate of primary particles, and containing a phosphorus element on the surface or on the surface and inside of the secondary particle, a value of XPS(P)/XPS(Li) is more than 0 and less than 0.2, a peak is present at 2?=21 to 25° in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern, and an amount of lithium eluted obtained by a neutralization titration method is less than 0.20 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY , LIMITED
    Inventors: Marie TAKIGUCHI, Masashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 12130944
    Abstract: An information transaction device is connected to an information holding device including a storage unit storing personal information and includes a sharing approval reception unit configured to receive approval of sharing of the personal information by an information sharing destination device from a user associated with the personal information, a provision approval reception unit configured to receive approval of provision which is transmission of the personal information to an information provision destination device, from the user associated with the personal information, a sharing instruction unit configured to, in a case where the sharing approval reception unit receives the approval of the sharing, instruct the information holding device to perform the sharing, and a provision instruction unit configured to, in a case where the provision approval reception unit receives the approval of the provision, instruct the information holding device to perform the provision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Sato, Yasumasa Mitsuhata, Masashi Inoue, Yurika Michishita
  • Publication number: 20240347719
    Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery capable of reducing the amount of the lithium compound to be eluted and improving the cycle characteristic and the discharge rate characteristic of a lithium secondary battery is achieved. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for producing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a step of mixing a powder P2 having a specific molar specific surface area and containing a sulfate and/or a phosphate of a specific metal with a powder P1 containing a lithium metal composite oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY , LIMITED
    Inventors: Masashi INOUE, Yukako AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240339607
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery that can reduce the amount of the lithium compound to be eluted and improve the cycle characteristic of the lithium secondary battery is achieved. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a layered structure, contains Li, the carbon element, and the sulfur element, and satisfies 0.11?XPS(S)/XPS(C)?1.50. XPS(S) and XPS(C) respectively represent the abundance ratios of the sulfur element and the carbon element measured by XPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yukako AOYAMA, Masashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 12109333
    Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable stent comprising a magnesium alloy free of a rare earth element and aluminum. The stent comprises: a core structure comprising a magnesium alloy containing 90 wt % or more of magnesium as a main component, and zinc, zirconium, and manganese as accessary components, the magnesium alloy being free of a rare earth element and aluminum; a first corrosion resistant layer formed on the core structure and containing magnesium fluoride as a main component; and a second corrosion resistant layer formed on the first corrosion resistant layer and comprising a parylene. A method for producing such a bioabsorbable stent is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: Japan Medical Device Technology Co., LTD., FUJI LIGHT METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Sasaki, Yuki Koga, Yuki Okazawa, Hironori Ueda, Masashi Inoue, Shuzo Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20240305153
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine comprises a rotor and a stator. The stator has a stator coil extending in an axial direction, an insulating member enclosing the stator coil, and an annular stator core in which a plurality of slots into which the stator coil enclosed by the insulating member are inserted are formed. In the stator core, a channel for introducing a cooling medium into each of the plurality of slots are formed. In the insulating member, an introduction opening for guiding the cooling medium introduced into a slot, among the plurality of slots, to a space enclosed by the insulating member is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohzu, Masashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20240282955
    Abstract: In a spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement of surfaces of particles of the positive electrode active material for the lithium secondary battery, the positive electrode active material has a peak X derived from a Li element having a peak top at 54.5±3.0 eV; when, upon waveform separation of the peak X derived from the Li element into a peak (A) having a peak top at 53.5±1.0 eV and a peak (a) having a peak top at 55.5±1.0 eV, an atomic ratio calculated from the peak (A), a peak derived from the Ni element, and a peak derived from the element M is defined as Li(A)/(Ni+M), and the BET specific surface area of the positive electrode active material for the lithium secondary battery measured by a nitrogen adsorption method is defined as PS, the value of {Li(A)/(Ni+M)}/PS is 0.4 to 2.6 g/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240119173
    Abstract: An information transaction device is connected to an information holding device including a storage unit storing personal information and includes a sharing approval reception unit configured to receive approval of sharing of the personal information by an information sharing destination device from a user associated with the personal information, a provision approval reception unit configured to receive approval of provision which is transmission of the personal information to an information provision destination device, from the user associated with the personal information, a sharing instruction unit configured to, in a case where the sharing approval reception unit receives the approval of the sharing, instruct the information holding device to perform the sharing, and a provision instruction unit configured to, in a case where the provision approval reception unit receives the approval of the provision, instruct the information holding device to perform the provision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke SATO, Yasumasa MITSUHATA, Masashi INOUE, Yurika MICHISHITA
  • Patent number: 11949101
    Abstract: Provided are a lithium composite metal compound having excellent cycle characteristics in the case of being used as battery materials, a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery using the same, a positive electrode using the same, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. The lithium composite metal compound is represented by Composition Formula (I), in which physical property values of pores that are obtained from measurement of nitrogen adsorption and desorption isotherms at a liquid nitrogen temperature satisfy requirements (1) and (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, TANAKA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Yusuke Maeda
  • Publication number: 20240104080
    Abstract: An information transaction device stores catalog information including detailed information related to one or more datasets including personal information providable to an information provision destination device from an information provision source device. The information transaction device receives a provision request for the dataset from the information provision destination device. The information transaction device outputs a transmission request for the dataset indicated by the provision request to the information provision source device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke SATO, Yasumasa Mitsuhata, Masashi Inoue, Yurika Michishita
  • Publication number: 20240074945
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental restorative curable composition that has high mechanical strength and toughness and has excellent water resistance and smoothness/gloss durability in the form of a cured product, a dental composite resin comprising the dental restorative curable composition, and a dental mill blank comprising a cured product of the dental restorative curable composition. The present invention relates to a dental restorative curable composition comprising: a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (A) which has at least one polymer structure selected from the group consisting of a polycarbonate, a polyarylate, and an aromatic polysulfone and in which terminal hydroxy residues derived from repeating units constituting the polymer structure are directly (meth)acryloylated; a (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (B) having two or more (meth)acryloyloxy groups (excluding the (meth)acrylic acid ester compound (A)); an inorganic filler (C) having an average primary particle diameter of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Kuraray Noritake Dental Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi INOUE, Seiya ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11888354
    Abstract: A saturation portion which is magnetically saturated during no-load operation of the rotary electric machine is formed in the rotor core at a position facing at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet when viewed in the axial direction. When viewed in the axial direction, the saturation portion includes at least one core protrusion firmed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet such that a part of the rotor core extends in a direction intersecting the first main surface or the second main surface, and at least one nonmagnetic portion formed between the wall portion of the magnet accommodating hole and at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kubota, Masashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230392032
    Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet printing, including a pigment, water-insoluble crosslinked polymer particles, an organic solvent, and water. The water-insoluble crosslinked polymer particles are constituted of a polymer A having a crosslinked structure, which includes carboxy groups and has an acid value of not less than 45 mgKOH/g and not more than 180 mgKOH/g. The ink includes alkali metal ions in an amount of not less than 15 mol % and not more than 65 mol %, and ammonium ions in an amount of not less than 55 mol % and not more than 145 mol %, both on the basis of a whole molar amount of the carboxy groups of the polymer A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi INOUE, Daiki KAWATA, Tetsuya EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11773278
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-based ink containing at least pigment-containing water-insoluble crosslinked polymer particles (A), a polymer emulsion (B) and water, in which a water-insoluble crosslinked polymer constituting the crosslinked polymer particles (A) is obtained by subjecting a polymer that contains a constitutional unit derived from a carboxylic acid monomer having an acid value of not less than 200 mgKOH/g and a constitutional unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer, to crosslinking reaction with an epoxy compound, and a polymer constituting the polymer emulsion (B) contains a constitutional unit derived from a carboxylic acid monomer and a constitutional unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer. The water-based ink of the present invention is excellent in ejection stability and fastness of the printed characters or images while maintaining good optical density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Daiki Kawata
  • Publication number: 20230268501
    Abstract: A lithium metal composite oxide having a layered structure, containing Li, Ni, and an element X, in which the element X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe, Cu, Ti, Mg, Al, W, Mo, Nb, Zn, Sn, Zr, Ga, B, Si, S, and P, Ni/(Ni+X), which is a ratio of the number of moles of Ni to the total number of moles of Ni and the element X, is 0.7 or more, and in a powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the lithium metal composite oxide using CuK? rays, a diffraction peak is present within a range of a diffraction angle 2?=18.7±1°, and a relative standard deviation of a volume-based crystallite size distribution calculated from the diffraction peak within the range of 2?=18.7±1° is 0.20 or more and 0.55 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Masashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 11707346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental mill blank that exhibits desirable resistance against wear in opposing teeth. The present invention relates to a dental mill blank comprising: an inorganic filler containing an inorganic filler (A) and an inorganic filler (B); and a polymer, the inorganic filler (A) partly forming an aggregate, and the dental mill blank satisfying the following formulae (I) to (III), 0.001?a<0.32??(I) 0.3?b?10??(II) 5?x?80??(III), where a is an average primary particle diameter of the inorganic filler (A) in micrometers, b is an average primary particle diameter of the inorganic filler (B) in micrometers, and x is an average particle diameter of the aggregate in micrometers. Preferably, the dental mill blank comprises an island component containing the aggregate, and a sea component containing the inorganic filler (A) and the inorganic filler (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY NORITAKE DENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Inoue, Kenji Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11685975
    Abstract: A magnesium alloy containing, in % by mass, 0.95 to 2.00% of Zn, 0.05% or more and less than 0.30% of Zr, 0.05 to 0.20% of Mn, and the balance consisting of Mg and unavoidable impurities, wherein the magnesium alloy has a particle size distribution with an average crystal particle size from 1.0 to 3.0 ?m and a standard deviation of 0.7 or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Medical Device Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Ueda, Masashi Inoue, Makoto Sasaki