Patents by Inventor Naoki Noguchi

Naoki Noguchi 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: 20250100419
    Abstract: A method of determining the state of a battery includes acquiring measurement values of a magnetic field of the battery, which is mounted on a device, measured by a magnetometer, calculating information regarding the relative position of the magnetometer based on the measurement values of the magnetic field of the battery and reference values of the magnetic field of the battery, and determining the state of the battery based on the information regarding the relative position of the magnetometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Noguchi, Minako Terao, Hideo Uemura, Jun Okano, Yukiko Onoue, Yuki Tominaga, Kaoru Omichi
  • Patent number: 12253544
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 to 3) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated by a current (I) flowing through a measurement target conductor (MC), a hollow magnetic shielding member (12) that includes a cutout portion (CP2) into which the measurement target conductor is inserted and in which the first sensor is accommodated, a fixing mechanism (13) configured to fix the measurement target conductor such that a distance between a center of the measurement target conductor inserted into the cutout portion of the magnetic shielding member and the first sensor is a predetermined reference distance (r), and a first calculator (21) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductor based on a detection result of the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Kotaro Ogawa, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20250084930
    Abstract: A solenoid valve capable of stably controlling the flow rate or pressure of a fluid includes: a valve body; a valve seat on which the valve body is to be seated; a solenoid including a movable iron core, a rod, and a fixed iron core, and exerting a driving force on the valve body in a valve closing direction; a spring biasing the valve body in a valve opening direction; and a valve housing partially defining a valve chamber in which the valve body and the valve seat are disposed. A spring chamber in which the spring is disposed is formed between the valve chamber and the fixed iron core, and the valve body isolates the valve chamber and the spring chamber from each other when the valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Hiroyuki IWANAGA, Hiroshi NOGUCHI, Naoki NISHIMURA, Akitaka MATSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 12220993
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a secondary battery configured to supply electric power for travel driving; a first communication unit configured to communicate with a server device and uploads information on the state of the secondary battery to the server device; a display unit configured to display images; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display an image in which a deterioration degree of the secondary battery with respect to a mileage or the number of years run with respect to the vehicle can be compared with the result of statistically processing the deterioration degree of the secondary batteries with respect to a mileage or the number of years run with respect to other vehicles on the basis of the information that the first communication unit has received from the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Maruno, Minoru Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20250046883
    Abstract: A determination system (1) includes a sensor (22) configured to measure physical properties of a target battery (41) that is a battery installed in a vehicle (40), and an information processing apparatus (10) communicably connected to the sensor (22), the information processing apparatus (10) including a controller (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Uemura, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20240356340
    Abstract: A battery identification device for identifying a battery including a plurality of battery cells includes: a magnetic field measurer configured to measure a magnetic field which is generated by a current flowing in the battery; and a reader configured to read information on identity between both results which is determined by comparing a measurement result of the measured magnetic field with a prescribed value of magnetic field information correlated with the type of a battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Okano, Yukiko Onoue, Kaoru Omichi, Yuki Tominaga, Kazuma Takenaka, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi, Masahito Tsukano, Satoshi Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20240353371
    Abstract: A battery identification device for identifying a tubular battery including a wound product in which electrodes are wound includes: a current applier configured to apply a current to the battery, a magnetic field measurer configured to measure a magnetic field generated with application of the current; and an acquirer configured to acquire a type of the battery which is determined by comparing the measurement result of the magnetic field measured by the magnetic field measurer with magnetic field information correlated with the type of battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Okano, Yukiko Onoue, Yuki Tominaga, Kaoru Omichi, Kazuma Takenaka, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi, Masahito Tsukano, Satoshi Yoshitake
  • Publication number: 20240337711
    Abstract: A battery identification system includes a sensor having a sensing surface and a plurality of magnetic elements arranged in or on the sensing surface, a meter configured to measure, using the plurality of magnetic elements, a magnetic field distribution on an outer surface of a battery with the sensing surface facing the outer surface of the battery, which includes a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other, and a computer configured to identify the type of the battery by comparing the magnetic field distribution measured by the meter with a reference magnetic field distribution, 10 with reference to reference data indicating the reference magnetic field distribution, and output information regarding the identified type of the battery, as battery information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minako Terao, Kazuma Takenaka, Naoki Noguchi, Satoshi Yoshitake, Jun Okano, Yuki Tominaga, Kaoru Omichi, Yukiko Onoue
  • Patent number: 12066466
    Abstract: A current measurement device includes: four or more triaxial magnetic sensors arranged to have predefined positional relationships such that magnetism-sensing directions thereof are parallel to each other; and a calculator configured to calculate currents flowing through a pair of conductors to be measured, which are arranged in proximity to each other, based on detection results of the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors and the positional relationships between the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors, the currents flowing in mutually opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako, Naoki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11988691
    Abstract: The current measurement device (1, 2) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated due to the current (1) flowing through the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second sensor (SE2) configured to detect alternating current magnetic fields from a low frequency to a high frequency generated due to the current (I) flowing through the conductor to be measured, a first calculator (21, 21A) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the first sensor using distance information indicating a distance (r) between the first sensor (SE1) and the conductor (MC) to be measured, a second calculator (22) configured to calculate the current flowing through the conductor to be measured from a detection result of the second sensor, and a synthesizer (23) configured to synthesize a calculation result of the first calculator with a calculation result of the second cal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Kotaro Ogawa, Minako Terao, Naoki Noguchi, Saki Kobako, Fumitake Terao, Satoshi Yoshitake
  • Patent number: 11927647
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 and 2) is for measuring a current (I) flowing through measurement target conductors (MC1 and MC2), and the current measurement device includes: a plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors (11, 12, and 13) disposed so that a magnetic sensing direction and a relative position have a prescribed relationship; a noise remover (25a) configured to remove noise components included in detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors; a sign adder (25b) configured to add a sign to the detection results from which the noise components have been removed, based on sign information of each of the detection results of the plurality of triaxial magnetic sensors obtained at a specific point in time; and a current calculator (25c and 25d) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductors by using the detection results to which the sign has been added by the sign adder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Minako Terao, Kotaro Ogawa, Saki Kobako, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20240012070
    Abstract: A magnetic detection apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a magnetic sensor and a measurement apparatus. The magnetic sensor includes a first transmission line and a second transmission line arranged to be non-parallel to each other. The measurement apparatus includes a signal generator configured to generate a first incident wave and a second incident wave, a signal detector configured to detect a first reflected wave caused by an impedance mismatch of the first transmission line and a second reflected wave caused by an impedance mismatch of the second transmission line, and a controller. The controller calculates a first magnetic field based on the first incident wave and the first reflected wave and a second magnetic field based on the second incident wave and the second reflected wave and calculates a biaxial magnetic field based on the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Takenaka, Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230321410
    Abstract: An elongated medical device includes a first layer having a hollow cylindrical shape and containing a fluororesin having an adhesive functional group (adhesive resin) and a first colorant, and a second layer arranged in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the first layer and having a predetermined colored region formed of a second colorant having a color different from a color of the first colorant. The predetermined colored region is formed on a part of the outer peripheral surface of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki NOGUCHI, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Naoki KAKUMU
  • Publication number: 20230273243
    Abstract: A current measurement device (1 to 3) includes a first sensor (SE1) configured to detect a direct current magnetic field and a low-frequency alternating current magnetic field generated by a current (I) flowing through a measurement target conductor (MC), a hollow magnetic shielding member (12) that includes a cutout portion (CP2) into which the measurement target conductor is inserted and in which the first sensor is accommodated, a fixing mechanism (13) configured to fix the measurement target conductor such that a distance between a center of the measurement target conductor inserted into the cutout portion of the magnetic shielding member and the first sensor is a predetermined reference distance (r), and a first calculator (21) configured to calculate a current flowing through the measurement target conductor based on a detection result of the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuma TAKENAKA, Kotaro OGAWA, Minako TERAO, Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230264142
    Abstract: A gas separation method including performing a gas separation operation that separates a source gas into a primary-side gas and a secondary-side gas with a membrane of a membrane module. The source gas contains a combustible component. The gas separation operation includes pressurizing the source gas and supplying the source gas to a primary side of the membrane module and depressurizing a secondary side of the membrane module to a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure. The primary-side gas has a higher concentration of the combustible component than the secondary-side gas, and the gas separation method further includes detecting a composition of the secondary-side gas and stopping the gas separation operation in an instance in which the composition enters a specified range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230241356
    Abstract: An elongated medical instrument includes: a base material part; and an outer layer part made of a resin based on a resin suspension that is coated on an outer peripheral surface of the base material part; where a surface of the outer layer part has irregularly disposed recesses formed from cracks generated by drying of the resin suspension, and protrusions formed with an outer peripheral surface formed on an outer peripheral side of the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NOGUCHI, Tomoki KOSUGI, Yuta NAKANISHI, Kenta GOTO, Hiroaki TAKAHASHI, Naoki KAKUMU, Tomoaki MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20230233799
    Abstract: An elongated medical instrument includes a base material part, and an outer layer part made of a resin provided on a surface of the base material part. An outer surface of the outer layer part is a substantially flat surface other than the presence of irregularly disposed recesses or protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki NOGUCHI, Tomoki KOSUGI, Yuta NAKANISHI, Kenta GOTO
  • Patent number: 11583807
    Abstract: A separation membrane module may decrease a bending load applied to a support member supporting ends of tubular separation membranes and omission of a seal member between the outer circumferential surface of the support member and the inner circumferential surface of a housing. The separation membrane module may include a tubular housing, tubular separation membranes arranged in a longitudinal direction of the housing, end tubes connected to lower ends of the tubular separation membranes, a support box supporting the end tubes, and a backpressure chamber below the support box. The tubular separation membranes may be in communication with a support box collection chamber. A nozzle disposed on the support box may extract permeated fluid. A chamber and the backpressure chamber are in communication via a gap between the support box outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface. The chamber and backpressure chamber have substantially the same pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20230049999
    Abstract: An availability calculation device includes a bandwidth notification information storing unit that stores received bandwidth notification information for a certain period, and an availability calculation unit that calculates an availability for each bandwidth of a wireless link by using the bandwidth notification information stored in the bandwidth notification information storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20220347440
    Abstract: A guide wire includes a main body portion having an elongated outer shape and having a base and a marker alternately presented on an outer surface along an extending direction, and a resin layer having light permeability, covering the outer surface of the main body portion, and including a recessed portion and a protruding portion alternately arranged along the extending direction of the main body portion, wherein in longitudinal cross-section along the extending direction of the main body portion, a width of the marker is wider than a width of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki KOSUGI, Naoki NOGUCHI, Kenta GOTO, Yuta NAKANISHI