Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Kobayashi

Mitsuru Kobayashi 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: 9470501
    Abstract: A contact-terminal apparatus for use in measuring an electrical property of an object includes a first contact-terminal unit made of a conductive material to come in contact with the object, a movable part having a first surface on which the first contact-terminal unit is placed, and a pressure sensor situated beneath a second surface of the movable part, wherein the pressure sensor has a pressure detecting part that is in contact with the second surface of the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Kiryu, SeungSeok Beak, Kimiyo Takahashi, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160261080
    Abstract: A connector includes a contact that has a first end provided with a contact point for connecting to a coaxial cable, and a second end provided with a terminal for connecting to a substrate, a body that includes a contact mount to which the contact is mounted and a substrate mount to which the substrate is mounted, and a bracket attached to the substrate mount, that holds the substrate and includes a slot into which the terminal is inserted. The bracket is detachably attached to the body, and the terminal applies pressure to the substrate and contacts the substrate by mounting the bracket to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160254542
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a lithium ion secondary battery, the charged state of which can be detected from the battery voltage with high accuracy, and which is able to achieve a high capacity in a high-potential range. This objective can be achieved by a cathode active material for lithium ion secondary batteries, which is composed of a lithium transition metal oxide containing Li and metal elements including at least Ni and Mn, and which is characterized in that: the atomic ratio of Li to the metal elements satisfies 1.15<Lil(metal elements)<1.5; the atomic ratio of Ni to Mn satisfies 0.334<Ni/Mn?1; and the atomic ratio of Ni and Mn to the metal elements satisfies 0.975?(Ni+Mn)/(metal elements)?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroaki KONISHI, Akira GUNJI, Tatsuya TOYAMA, Xiaoliang FENG, Sho FURUTSUKI, Toyotaka YUASA, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI, Hisato TOKORO, Shuichi TAKANO, Takashi NAKABAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9429592
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector case and probe pins that are arranged two-dimensionally in the connector case. Each of the probe pins includes a housing, a first contact terminal disposed at one end of the housing, a second contact terminal disposed at another end of the housing, and plural bent parts formed in the housing and protruding outward from a surface of the housing. The connector case includes through holes. Each of the through holes accommodates the probe pin and includes grooves that are formed in its inner surface and correspond to the bent parts. The grooves of each through hole face substantially the same directions as the grooves of other through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9373920
    Abstract: A connector includes a module and a housing that accommodates the module. The module includes multiple contacts each including a first contact part to contact a board, a second contact part to contact a connection object, and a body extending at angle from the first contact part to the second contact part; and a molded part insert-molded with the contacts arranged as inserts. The molded part covers a portion of the body part through a surface of the first contact part of each of the contacts facing toward the board. In each contact, a width of the portion of the body covered with the molded part is smaller than a width of a spring portion of the body. The spring portion is exposed from the molded part and supports the second contact part in such a manner as to allow its displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Takahiro Kondo, Takatoshi Yagisawa
  • Patent number: 9368892
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160156020
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a cathode electrode material, including the step of performing calcination of a mixture of lithium carbonate and a compound containing Ni, and capable of mass-producing a cathode electrode material including a lithium composite oxide with high Ni concentration industrially. The manufacturing method includes a mixture step of mixing lithium carbonate and a compound including Ni, and a calcination step of performing calcination of a mixture obtained in the mixture step under oxidizing atmosphere to obtain a lithium composite compound with high Ni concentration. The calcination step includes: a first heat treatment step to obtain a first precursor; a second heat treatment step of performing heat treatment of the first precursor to obtain a second precursor; and a third heat treatment step of performing heat treatment of the second precursor to obtain the lithium composite compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisato TOKORO, Akira GUNJI, Tatsuya TOYAMA, Xiaoliang FENG, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI, Shin TAKAHASHI, Shuichi TAKANO, Takashi NAKABAYASHI, Sho FURUTSUKI
  • Publication number: 20160126658
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a signal plug contact provided in the housing. The housing includes a hole that expands from part of the housing in which the signal plug contact is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Tohru Yamakami, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9281640
    Abstract: A connector includes a ground pin and a signal pin. The ground pin includes a first cylindrical part, a first cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the first cylindrical part, and a first elastic member compressible in a first central axis direction. The signal pin includes a second cylindrical part, a second cylindrical terminal telescopically movable into the second cylindrical part, and a second elastic member compressible in a second central axis direction. The signal pin is provided concentrically with the first elastic member and the first cylindrical part, and has a one-piece structure of a single metal plate. The first and the second cylindrical parts are connected to a ground line and a signal line of a board with the first and second cylindrical terminals being in contact with the board and compressed in the first and second central axis directions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9282340
    Abstract: A video encoding device including a region division section for dividing a frame image constituting video data into a plurality of regions as encoding target regions, an encoding section for encoding an image of each region, an inverse transformation section and an addition section for generating reproduced image of the encoded image, a storage section for storing reproduced images, a prediction generation section for searching a region which is highly correlated to a reproduced image of a template region, which is adjacent to the region of the encoding target image in a predetermined positional relationship and is a part of the reproduced image, from the reproduced image, and determining a prediction signal based on the searched region and the above-mentioned positional relationship, and a subtraction section for generating a difference signal between the prediction signal and the encoding target image as a signal for encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Suzuki, Choong Seng Boon, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20160056546
    Abstract: A contact for connecting a first object and a second object. The contact includes a base to be connected to the first object, a connector to be brought into contact with the second object, a support that supports the connector such that the connector is disposed away from the base, and a deformation preventer that prevents deformation of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9224512
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous secondary battery having high capacity and high rate characteristics is intended to be provided. Further, a positive electrode for a non-aqueous secondary battery and a non-aqueous secondary battery are intended to be provided by using the positive electrode active material. The positive electrode active material for the non-aqueous secondary battery contains a lithium composite oxide having an olivine structure represented by the chemical formula: Li1+AMnXM1?X(PO4)1+B in which A>0, B>0, M represents a metal element, M in the chemical formula is one or more metal elements selected from Fe, Ni, Co, Ti, Cu, Zn, Mg, V, and Zr, the ratio A/B in the chemical formula is within a range of: 2<A/B?7, and the value of X is within a range of: 0.3?X<1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nakabayashi, Shin Takahashi, Kan Kitagawa, Toyotaka Yuasa, Shuichi Takano, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150347800
    Abstract: A power supply tap includes: a reading sensor that is provided near an outlet, and reads a color recorded in a color plate; a converter that converts the color read by the reading sensor into corresponding information; a measurer that measures a power consumption value of an electronics device connected to the outlet in which the color plate is read; and a transmitter that transmits the measured power consumption value and the converted information to a management device managing the power consumption value of the electronics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Mitsuru KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9196986
    Abstract: A contact of a connector includes a board contact part to be connected to a circuit board; a first contact part including an extension part that is connected to the board contact part and extends in an insertion direction in which a target object is inserted into the connector, a first bent part that extends from the extension part and is bent to one side, and a first contact point that is located closer to an end of the first contact part than the first bent part and contacts the target object; and a second contact part including a second bent part that is connected to the board contact part and is bent to the one side, and a second contact point that is located closer to an end of the second contact part than the second bent part and contacts the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150311614
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D744932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D747255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D751492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D761702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Kobayashi, Takumi Uemoto
  • Patent number: D761984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Kobayashi