Patents by Inventor Masayuki Ito
Masayuki Ito 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: 20240153656Abstract: To provide an electrical penetration capable of being used in nuclear power plants which are designed assuming operation under conditions of the severe accident. An electrical penetration includes: a tubular sleeve member 10; two or more insulating seal members 20A and 20B arranged inside the sleeve member 10 so as to be spaced from each other; wiring members 60, 60 disposed along the longitudinal direction of the sleeve member 10 so as to extend across two insulating seal members of the two or more insulating seal members 20A and 20B; and outer seal members provided inside the sleeve member 10 and at the outermost portions of the two insulating seal members 20A and 20B. The wiring members 60, 60 are each covered with an insulator made of the same material as those of the outer seal members 21A and 21B.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Shingo ITO, Yasuyuki GOTO, Yukiharu SATO, Teppei KUBOTA, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Susumu KUMAGAI, Atsushi WARIGAYA, Masamichi IDONUMA, Kenta KIMURA
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Patent number: 11973411Abstract: To provide a power supply unit configured to determine the boundary between the operation modes (continuous mode and discontinuous mode) of a converter with high accuracy. The power supply unit is a power supply unit wherein the controller controls a value of output current of the power supply by controlling a duty ratio by switching the second switch; wherein the controller detects the current value of the reactor acquired by the current sensor, at a frequency of at least n (n is an integer of 2 or more) times in a cycle of the switching.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomohiko Kaneko, Masayuki Ito, Takahiro Umehara
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Patent number: 11973251Abstract: A fuel cell is provided with: a membrane electrode assembly (MEA); and a cathode-side separator assembled to the MEA, the cathode-side separator including first passages on a first surface of the cathode-side separator on a side closer to the MEA, and second passages on a second surface of the cathode-side separator on an opposite side, the first and second passages allowing oxidant gas to flow through the first and second passages, respectively. The first passages include first recessed portions on the first surface so as to extend from one end of the cathode-side separator to the other end, the second passages include second recessed portions on the second surface so as to extend from the one end to the other end and to be arranged alternately with the first recessed portions, and a penetration hole on a bottom face of the second recessed portion penetrating through the cathode-side separator.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Adachi, Naoki Takehiro, Masaaki Matsusue, Masayuki Ito, Hideo Nagaosa
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Publication number: 20240113309Abstract: A fuel cell system that recirculates fuel off gas that has not been used for power generation of a fuel cell is provided. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel container, a fuel supply path, and a fuel circulation path. The fuel circulation path is connected to a fuel outlet of the fuel cell stack and extends parallel to an end plate of the fuel cell stack. The fuel supply path is connected to the fuel container, extends parallel to the end plate, and merges with the fuel circulation path at a position where a center of the fuel supply path is offset from a center of the fuel circulation path. The fuel circulation path includes a bent portion downstream of a merging portion with the fuel supply path, and is connected to a fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack downstream of the bent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Masayuki ITO, Masaaki MATSUSUE, Yumiko TSUGAWA
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Publication number: 20240109305Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal and a print head that ejects a liquid, in which the print head includes a temperature detection portion that detects temperature information, the drive signal output circuit includes an amplification circuit that outputs an amplification modulation signal, a smoothing circuit that outputs the drive signal, and a basic drive signal output circuit that outputs a basic drive signal that is corrected based on the temperature information, and a frequency of the amplification modulation signal when the temperature detection portion detects the temperature information used for the basic drive signal output circuit to correct the basic drive signal is higher than a frequency of the amplification modulation signal when the temperature detection portion detects the temperature information not used for the basic drive signal output circuit to correct the basic drive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240109318Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a control circuit, a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal, and a print head that ejects a liquid, in which the print head includes a piezoelectric element that is driven by receiving the drive signal, a pressure chamber substrate that is provided with a plurality of pressure chambers of which volumes change due to deformation, a switch circuit that switches whether or not to supply the drive signal to the piezoelectric element, a wiring substrate that is provided with the switch circuit, and a temperature detection portion that detects temperature information of the pressure chamber, and the temperature information detected by the temperature detection portion in a period in which the switch circuit does not supply the drive signal to the piezoelectric element is input to the control circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240109304Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus includes a control circuit that outputs a control signal, a first drive signal output circuit that outputs a first drive signal, and a print head that ejects a liquid, in which the print head includes a piezoelectric element that is driven by receiving the first drive signal, a pressure chamber substrate that is provided with a plurality of pressure chambers of which volumes change due to deformation, a switch circuit that switches whether or not to supply the first drive signal to the piezoelectric element, a wiring substrate that is provided with the switch circuit, and a temperature detection portion that detects temperature information of the first pressure chamber, and the temperature information detected by the temperature detection portion is input to the control circuit in a period in which a voltage value of the first drive signal is constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240105996Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution contains: as an electrolyte, LiN(FSO2)2; and as an additive, at least one selected from the group consisting of a boron atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (3): B(OR6)3, a carbon atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (4): C(?O)(R5)(OR6), a sulfur atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (5): {S(?O)2(R5)y}x(OR6)x(2-y), and a phosphorus atom-containing compound represented by the general formula (6): P(?O)(R5)y(OR6)2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUNO, Ryo NISHIHATA, Masayuki OKAJIMA, Yutaro ITO, Toru ODANI
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Patent number: 11942270Abstract: An electricity storage device includes an internal element that has a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface, and that further includes a first internal electrode drawn out to the first end surface, a second internal electrode drawn out to the second end surface, a separator layer disposed between the first and second internal electrodes, and an electrolytic solution. Moreover, a first end surface electrode is disposed on the first end surface; and a second end surface electrode is disposed on the second end surface. The first internal electrode, the second internal electrode, the separator layer, the first end surface electrode, and the second end surface electrode are integrally sintered to form a sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Kouzu, Takeshi Sodeoka, Syouta Ikebe, Mami Aoki, Tomonori Ito, Tadahiro Minamikawa
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Patent number: 11933177Abstract: A ventilation system including a building having a space inside, a subterranean facility arranged in a basement of the building and having a subterranean space inside, a communication passage establishing communication between the space and the subterranean space, and a ventilation hole establishing communication between an earth outside the building and the subterranean space is provided. A fuel cell unit having an exhaust port is arranged in the subterranean space. The communication passage has a lateral wall protruding downward from a ceiling of the subterranean space. The lateral wall is arranged on the exhaust port side when the communication passage is arranged on a straight line linking the exhaust port and a second opening portion of the ventilation hole on the subterranean space side. The lateral wall is arranged on the straight line side when the communication passage is arranged at a position spaced apart from the straight line.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masayuki Ito
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Patent number: 11925854Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that is to be connected to a controller apparatus including a push-button, a force sense presentation section, and the push-button. The push-button moves between a first position and a second position when depressed by a finger of a user. The force sense presentation section presents a force sense to the push-button. The information processing apparatus determines, according to a prescribed force sense setting, the aspect of a force sense to be imparted to the push-button, and controls the force sense presentation section of the controller apparatus, according to the determination. Each time a predefined operation is performed, the information processing apparatus changes the force sense setting from a current force sense setting to a different force sense setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Tomohito Ito, Naoyuki Saito, Hideyuki Uchida, Nicolas Doucet, Masayuki Yamada
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Patent number: 11925648Abstract: The present invention provides a solid dosage form having good stability, suspensibility in water and fluidity by preparing a solid dosage form containing a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a stabilizer, a sugar alcohol and/or a sugar, a water-soluble polymer and an inorganic substance.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoya Mizutani, Masayuki Morimoto, Maki Okabe, Masaaki Ito, Go Kimura
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Publication number: 20240014429Abstract: A fuel cell unit includes: a fuel cell module; and a power converter. The fuel cell module includes a first fuel cell module including a first fuel cell stack that is a stack of first single cells, and a second fuel cell module including a second fuel cell stack that is a stack of second single cells. The power converter includes a first power converter, and a second power converter. The first power converter is located on a first surface of the first fuel cell module. The second power converter is located on a first surface of the second fuel cell module. The first surfaces face each other. A first normal direction to the first surfaces is orthogonal to a stacking direction of the first single cells and the second single cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Yoshihiro SHINOZAKI, Masayuki ITO, Keita KINOSHITA, Hirofumi KANAZAWA, Yugo ICHIDA
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Patent number: 11831055Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system configured to appropriately measure the AC impedance of a fuel cell. A fuel cell system wherein the controller controls ON and OFF of the switches of n phases; wherein the controller operates the switches of the n phases at different phases, and the controller operates the switches of the n phases at the same duty ratio; wherein the controller operates the switches of the n phases at different duty ratios, when the controller determines that a specific condition is met; and wherein the controller measures the AC impedance of the fuel cell from the current waveform and voltage waveform of the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Umehara, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Masayuki Ito, Tomohiko Kaneko
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Publication number: 20230369611Abstract: A fuel cell unit includes: a fuel cell stack in which a plurality of fuel cells are stacked; an electrical device; and a bus bar electrically connecting between a terminal of the fuel cell stack and a terminal of the electrical device. The bus bar includes a non-joined portion in which a plurality of metal plates are stacked without being joined to each other. The plurality of metal plates include a first metal plate and a second metal plate thicker than the first metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki ITO, Mikihiro HORI, Kunihiro IWATA, Daiki SHIMADA
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Publication number: 20230352363Abstract: A composite material includes a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers. The total number of the first and second layers is 5 or more. The first and second layers are stacked alternately in the thickness direction of the composite material, such that the first layer is located at each of the first and second surfaces. The first layers are formed from a metal material containing copper as a main component. The second layer includes a molybdenum plate and a coper filler. The molybdenum plate has first and second faces that are each an end face in the thickness direction, and a plurality of openings extending through the molybdenum plate from the first face to the second face.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Toru MAEDA, Miki MIYANAGA, Daisuke KONDO, Masayuki ITO, Shin-ichi YAMAGATA
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Patent number: 11799098Abstract: To provide a fuel cell system configured to suppress the occurrence of partial fuel gas deficiency in a fuel cell. A fuel cell system wherein at least one injector selected from the group consisting of a first injector and a second injector is driven by duty ratio control to maintain a fuel gas pressure to the fuel cell within a predetermined range, in accordance with an output current value; wherein a controller determines whether or not the output current value is larger than a predetermined first threshold; and wherein, when the controller determines that the output current value is larger than the predetermined first threshold, the controller drives the first injector by duty ratio control, and the controller drives the second injector by duty ratio control to open a valve of the second injector at least while a valve of the first injector is closed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuki Kasahara, Masayuki Ito, Satoshi Andoh
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Patent number: 11791726Abstract: To provide a power conversion device configured to evenly pass current through phases and to achieve high power conversion efficiency in a wide current range. A power conversion device comprising conversion parts which are coupled in parallel to each other, which are capable of voltage conversion, and each of which includes a coil, wherein the power conversion device comprises M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) sets of conversion sets including the conversion parts of N phases (N is a natural number of 2 or more), and the coils of the conversion parts are capable of magnetic coupling to each other; wherein the power conversion device includes a controller configured to change a driving phase number X of the conversion parts according to a system requirement.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masayuki Ito, Tomohiko Kaneko
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Patent number: 11682786Abstract: A fuel cell unit including: a stack case; stacked fuel cells; current collector plates; and tabs, wherein the power converter has a power converter case, and a power conversion component, wherein the bus bar is disposed in a slit provided on the stack case, wherein the bus bars each have a current collector plate connecting portion for connecting to the tabs at a first surface, a power conversion component connection portion connected to the power conversion component at a second surface, and a plurality of connecting portions for connecting the current collector plate connecting portion and the power conversion component connecting portion, and wherein the connecting portions each have a plate surface intersecting the plane belonging to the first surface and the plane belonging to the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masayuki Ito
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Patent number: D1003260Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventor: Masayuki Ito