Patents by Inventor Masashi Matsushita

Masashi Matsushita 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: 11754631
    Abstract: A chargeable battery temperature estimation apparatus estimating an internal temperature of a chargeable battery includes a processor performing when executing the instructions stored in a memory: acquiring a detected current value output from a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing in the chargeable battery; calculating a heating value on the basis of the detected current value, the heating value estimating heat generated inside the chargeable battery; acquiring a detected external temperature value output from a temperature sensor configured to detect an external temperature of the chargeable battery; estimating the internal temperature of the chargeable battery based on the calculated heating value and the detected temperature value; and outputting the estimated internal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Matsushita, Katsuhide Hamada
  • Publication number: 20230139549
    Abstract: A chargeable battery temperature estimation apparatus estimating an internal temperature of a chargeable battery includes a processor performing when executing the instructions stored in a memory: acquiring a detected current value output from a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing in the chargeable battery; calculating a heating value on the basis of the detected current value, the heating value estimating heat generated inside the chargeable battery; acquiring a detected external temperature value output from a temperature sensor configured to detect an external temperature of the chargeable battery; estimating the internal temperature of the chargeable battery based on the calculated heating value and the detected temperature value; and outputting the estimated internal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUSHITA, Katsuhide HAMADA
  • Patent number: 11575162
    Abstract: A chargeable battery temperature estimation apparatus estimating an internal temperature of a chargeable battery includes a processor performing when executing the instructions stored in a memory: acquiring a detected current value output from a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing in the chargeable battery; calculating a heating value on the basis of the detected current value, the heating value estimating heat generated inside the chargeable battery; acquiring a detected external temperature value output from a temperature sensor configured to detect an external temperature of the chargeable battery; estimating the internal temperature of the chargeable battery based on the calculated heating value and the detected temperature value; and outputting the estimated internal temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Masashi Matsushita, Katsuhide Hamada
  • Patent number: 11158861
    Abstract: A positive electrode grid body for lead-acid battery includes frame rib including first and second lateral frame ribs and first and second longitudinal frame ribs, an inner rib including a plurality of lateral and longitudinal crosspieces, a plurality of opening portions, and a positive electrode current collection lug connected to the first lateral frame rib. In a region having a length of at least one opening portion or more in the lateral direction of the lateral crosspieces from the first longitudinal frame rib, a cross-sectional area of the plurality of lateral crosspieces located on at least the first lateral frame rib side becomes larger from the second longitudinal frame rib side toward a portion connected to the first longitudinal frame rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro Kawaguchi, Yusuke Ogino, Atsushi Sato, Shinya Suge, Katsuya Nukui, Akihiro Nishimura, Koshin Takemoto, Ryo Tainaka, Masashi Matsushita, Hideki Hagihara, Masaki Shimotsuya, Jun Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20200328481
    Abstract: A chargeable battery temperature estimation apparatus estimating an internal temperature of a chargeable battery includes a processor performing when executing the instructions stored in a memory: acquiring a detected current value output from a current sensor configured to detect a current flowing in the chargeable battery; calculating a heating value on the basis of the detected current value, the heating value estimating heat generated inside the chargeable battery; acquiring a detected external temperature value output from a temperature sensor configured to detect an external temperature of the chargeable battery; estimating the internal temperature of the chargeable battery based on the calculated heating value and the detected temperature value; and outputting the estimated internal temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Masashi MATSUSHITA, Katsuhide HAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200227758
    Abstract: A positive electrode grid body for lead-acid battery includes frame rib including first and second lateral frame ribs and first and second longitudinal frame ribs, an inner rib including a plurality of lateral and longitudinal crosspieces, a plurality of opening portions, and a positive electrode current collection lug connected to the first lateral frame rib. In a region having a length of at least one opening portion or more in the lateral direction of the lateral crosspieces from the first longitudinal frame rib, a cross-sectional area of the plurality of lateral crosspieces located on at least the first lateral frame rib side becomes larger from the second longitudinal frame rib side toward a portion connected to the first longitudinal frame rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaro KAWAGUCHI, Yusuke OGINO, Atsushi SATO, Shinya SUGE, Katsuya NUKUI, Akihiro NISHIMURA, Koshin TAKEMOTO, Ryo TAINAKA, Masashi MATSUSHITA, Hideki HAGIHARA, Masaki SHIMOTSUYA, Jun FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9493433
    Abstract: Described is a method for preserving an aqueous solution comprising a leuco chromogen, comprising adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkylamine and polyoxyethylene alkenylamine to the aqueous solution containing a leuco chromogen, and a method for stabilizing a leuco chromogen, comprising allowing the leuco chromogen to coexist in an aqueous solution comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkylamine and polyoxyethylene alkenylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Soya, Tomomi Murakami, Haruki Tsunoda, Yu Ohsugi, Ayako Yoda, Masashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9478604
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20150214294
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji OKAMURA, Masashi MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9090931
    Abstract: It is to provide a method for measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample, comprising: reacting glycated hemoglobin in the hemoglobin-containing sample with a proteolytic enzyme in the presence of at least one salt selected from the group consisting of a pyridinium salt, a phosphonium salt, an imidazolium salt, and an isoquinolinium salt; reacting the obtained reaction product with fructosyl peptide oxidase; and measuring the generated hydrogen peroxide. The present invention provides a method for accurately measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haruyo Soya, Tomomi Murakami, Haruki Tsunoda, Yu Ohsugi, Ayako Yoda, Masashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 9059071
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20130334507
    Abstract: There is provided a layered color filter which can improve optical selectivity, without reducing optical transparency, an organic EL light emitting device on which such a layered color filter is mounted, and a fabrication method of such an organic EL light emitting device. The layered color filter includes a substrate 60, a red color filter 40R1, 40R2, a green color filter 40G1, 40G2, and a blue color filter 40B1, 40B2, 40B3 disposed on the substrate 60. In the layered color filter, the organic EL light emitting device on which such a layered color filter is mounted, and the fabrication method thereof, at least one color filter among the red color filter 40R1, 40R2, the green color filter 40G1, 40G2, and the blue color filter 40B1, 40B2, 40B3 is laminated to be formed as a plurality of thin film layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Noriyuki SHIMOJI, Hiroaki SHIRAGA, Tatsuya SUZUKI, Masashi MATSUSHITA, Keisuke NII
  • Publication number: 20130171676
    Abstract: It is to provide a method for measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample, comprising reacting the hemoglobin-containing sample with a proteolytic enzyme in the presence of a surfactant, and then reacting the obtained reaction product with fructosyl peptide oxidase, wherein at least one of the former reaction and the latter reaction is performed in the presence of an isothiazolinone derivative; and measuring the generated hydrogen peroxide. The present invention provides a method for accurately and highly sensitively measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample without being influenced by hemoglobin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Murakami, Haruyo Soya, Yu Ohsugi, Ayako Yoda, Haruki Tsunoda, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20130123491
    Abstract: It is to provide a method for preserving an aqueous solution comprising a leuco chromogen, comprising adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkylamine and polyoxyethylene alkenylamine to the aqueous solution containing a leuco chromogen, and a method for stabilizing a leuco chromogen, comprising allowing the leuco chromogen to coexist in an aqueous solution comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene alkylamine and polyoxyethylene alkenylamine. The present invention provides a method for preserving an aqueous solution comprising a leuco chromogen for stably preserving the leuco chromogen in an aqueous solution and a method for stabilizing a leuco chromogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Soya, Tomomi Murakami, Haruki Tsunoda, Yu Ohsugi, Ayako Yoda, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20130115646
    Abstract: It is to provide a method for measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample, comprising: reacting glycated hemoglobin in the hemoglobin-containing sample with a proteolytic enzyme in the presence of at least one salt selected from the group consisting of a pyridinium salt, a phosphonium salt, an imidazolium salt, and an isoquinolinium salt; reacting the obtained reaction product with fructosyl peptide oxidase; and measuring the generated hydrogen peroxide. The present invention provides a method for accurately measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KYOWA MEDEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Soya, Tomomi Murakami, Haruki Tsunoda, Yu Ohsugi, Ayako Yoda, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20110284876
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: ROHM CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7999346
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20100252838
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7745317
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7294858
    Abstract: A semiconductor device provided with a silicon carbide semiconductor substrate, and an ohmic metal layer joined to one surface of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate in an ohmic contact and composed of a metal material whose silicide formation free energy and carbide formation free energy respectively take negative values. The ohmic metal layer is composed of, for example, a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, manganese, zirconium, tantalum, or tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Okamura, Masashi Matsushita