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).

  • Publication number: 20240153656
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Shingo ITO, Yasuyuki GOTO, Yukiharu SATO, Teppei KUBOTA, Masayuki SHIMIZU, Susumu KUMAGAI, Atsushi WARIGAYA, Masamichi IDONUMA, Kenta KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11973411
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiko Kaneko, Masayuki Ito, Takahiro Umehara
  • Patent number: 11973251
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Adachi, Naoki Takehiro, Masaaki Matsusue, Masayuki Ito, Hideo Nagaosa
  • Publication number: 20240113309
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki ITO, Masaaki MATSUSUE, Yumiko TSUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20240109305
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240109318
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240109304
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Sukehiro ITO, Masayuki KAWAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20240105996
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MIZUNO, Ryo NISHIHATA, Masayuki OKAJIMA, Yutaro ITO, Toru ODANI
  • Patent number: 11942270
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kouzu, Takeshi Sodeoka, Syouta Ikebe, Mami Aoki, Tomonori Ito, Tadahiro Minamikawa
  • Patent number: 11933177
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Ito
  • Patent number: 11925854
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Tomohito Ito, Naoyuki Saito, Hideyuki Uchida, Nicolas Doucet, Masayuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11925648
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Mizutani, Masayuki Morimoto, Maki Okabe, Masaaki Ito, Go Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240014429
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshihiro SHINOZAKI, Masayuki ITO, Keita KINOSHITA, Hirofumi KANAZAWA, Yugo ICHIDA
  • Patent number: 11831055
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Umehara, Nobuyuki Kitamura, Masayuki Ito, Tomohiko Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20230369611
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki ITO, Mikihiro HORI, Kunihiro IWATA, Daiki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20230352363
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Toru MAEDA, Miki MIYANAGA, Daisuke KONDO, Masayuki ITO, Shin-ichi YAMAGATA
  • Patent number: 11799098
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki Kasahara, Masayuki Ito, Satoshi Andoh
  • Patent number: 11791726
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayuki Ito, Tomohiko Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11682786
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masayuki Ito
  • Patent number: D1003260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Ito