Patents by Inventor Naoki Ueda

Naoki Ueda 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: 20260154994
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a communication unit that is capable of communicating with a vehicle, a controller, and a storage unit. The controller stores a plurality of pieces of content in the storage unit, acquires, in a case where a charging start condition of the vehicle is satisfied, a charging time of the vehicle predicted based on a charging condition of the vehicle, selects one or more pieces of the content from among the plurality of pieces of content based on the charging time, and provides the selected one or more pieces of the content to the vehicle via a LAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shingo SUGIMOTO, Yuma ITO, Shigeo OHNOGI, Isao NISHIOKA, Naoki UEDA
  • Patent number: 12644052
    Abstract: In a processing apparatus, a processing furnace includes a supply port configured to receive a processing target and a discharge port configured to discharge a residue. A temperature control region controls a temperature of an intermediate part between the supply port and the discharge port. A screw rotates to be able to convey the processing target supplied from the supply port toward the discharge port. A first decomposition region includes a first recovery port configured to recover a first fluid obtained by decomposing the processing target in a predetermined region in the intermediate part from the processing furnace. A second decomposition region includes a second recovery port configured to recover, from the processing furnace, a second fluid obtained by decomposing the processing target on the downstream side of the first decomposition region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ueda, Satoru Nakamura, Kenichi Furuki
  • Publication number: 20260145385
    Abstract: A recoater supplies a predetermined amount of powder and spreads the supplied powder across a powder bed. The recoater includes a main shaft, a moving mechanism, and a powder guiding part. The main shaft rotates about an axis parallel to a surface of the powder bed. The moving mechanism moves a main shaft in a moving direction perpendicular to the main shaft and parallel to the surface of the powder bed. The powder guiding part is disposed around the main shaft along a predetermined inclination angle relative to the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2026
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Seiya HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20260138108
    Abstract: A reaction system manufactures a product from a treated material. The reaction system includes a reaction furnace and a conveying apparatus. The reaction furnace includes a supply port configured to receive a treated material and a conveyance auxiliary material, a sending port configured to send out a product having been manufactured, and a tubular body between the supply port and the sending port and configured to accept a mixture in which the treated material or the product and the conveyance auxiliary material are mixed. The conveying apparatus is configured to convey the mixture in the tubular body from the supply port to the sending port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Kenichi FURUKI, Seiya HIRAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20260142214
    Abstract: The stretching apparatus receives a sheet-like molded article from a sheet casting apparatus at a first conveyance speed and sends out the received molded article at a second conveyance speed higher than the first conveyance speed, thereby reducing a thickness of the molded article, the molded article being obtained by kneading a base material and a filler, and the sheet casting apparatus being configured to continuously send out the molded article. The monitoring apparatus generates monitoring data by monitoring at least one of a tension exerted in the molded article, a strain caused in the molded article, and a thickness of the molded article at each of a plurality of different positions on the molded article in order to determine a stretching condition under which no void is formed in the molded article, and outputs the generated monitoring data to a control apparatus configured to control the stretching condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Seiya HIRAMATSU, Satoru NAKAMURA, Kenichi FURUKI
  • Publication number: 20260131562
    Abstract: There is a problem in a related laminate manufacturing system that it a lot of installation space. A laminate manufacturing system according to the present disclosure includes: a pair of carrier films configured to convey a laminated body from one side to another side of the laminate manufacturing system; a film unwinding apparatus configured to unwind the carrier film; a laminate manufacturing apparatus that is disposed on the other side of the film unwinding apparatus and presses the laminated body by a pressurizing mechanism in a chamber whose interior is depressurized; and a film winding apparatus that is disposed on the other side of the laminate manufacturing apparatus and winds the carrier film, wherein a vacuum pump for depressurizing the interior of the chamber is disposed below the film unwinding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Takashi NAGAI, Naoki UEDA
  • Patent number: 12594709
    Abstract: A performance of a die is improved. An injection hole IH, a nozzle NZa and a nozzle NZb are formed in a center member DIa of a die DI to extend from an extrusion surface ES to an injection surface IS. A heat source HT and a plurality of heat insulating layers HI1 are arranged inside the center member DIa. One of the plurality of heat insulating layers HI1 is adjacent to the nozzle Nzb and is closer to the extrusion surface ES than the heat source HT. The other of the plurality of heat insulating layers HI1 extends in a direction from the extrusion surface ES toward the injection surface IS at a position being farther from the nozzle NZb than the heat source HT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Matsuda, Hiroyuki Kawano, Tomonori Hashimoto, Fumiya Yamabe, Naoki Ueda
  • Patent number: 12552098
    Abstract: A recoater supplies a predetermined amount of powder and spreads the supplied powder across a powder bed. The recoater includes a main shaft, a moving mechanism, and a powder guiding part. The main shaft rotates about an axis parallel to a surface of the powder bed. The moving mechanism moves the main shaft in a moving direction perpendicular to the main shaft and parallel to the surface of the powder bed. The powder guiding part is disposed around the main shaft along a predetermined inclination angle relative to the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ueda, Seiya Hiramatsu
  • Publication number: 20260021653
    Abstract: A lamination-forming system according to the present disclosure includes: a pair of carrier films for sandwiching an object to be laminated between the pair of carrier films from above and below and conveying the object to be laminated along a conveyance direction; a film unwinder for unwinding the carrier film; a laminator for pressing the object to be laminated to form a lamination-formed product, the laminator being disposed on a downstream side with respect to the film unwinder; and a cooling unit configured to cool the lamination-formed product, the cooling unit being disposed on a downstream side with respect to the laminator. The cooling unit includes an airflow generation unit configured to cause a cooling air to flow in a direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction substantially perpendicular to the conveyance direction, toward a downstream side in the conveyance direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Takashi Nagai, Keiichirou Sugisaki, Naoki Ueda
  • Patent number: 12529449
    Abstract: A pressure tank unit may include: a tank including a container space which contains compressed gas; and a plurality of protectors bonded to a surface of the tank, wherein the tank may include: a body part having a cylindrical shape; and a dome part provided at an end of the body part and having a hemispherical shape, the plurality of protectors may be arranged along a boundary between the body part and the dome part in a circumferential direction of the tank, each of the plurality of protectors may have a first portion covering the dome part and a second portion covering the body part, and an inner surface of the second portion facing the body part may include at least one bonding area bonded to the body part via a bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Fujie, Naoki Ueda, Ryosuke Niwa, Yusuke Fujii, Koji Ando
  • Publication number: 20260008221
    Abstract: A battery material manufacturing apparatus (200) according to the present disclosure includes reception ports (210), spreading units (220), a coupling unit (230), and an output port (240). The reception ports (210) respectively, continuously receive a plurality of compositions, which are different from each other, in a fluid form. The spreading units (220) guide the compositions injected, in an output direction while spreading each of the compositions in an orthogonal direction relative to the output direction. The coupling unit (230) couples the plurality of compositions in layers and guides the plurality of compositions in the output direction. The output port (240) is a slit-shaped opening that can continuously output, as an output product, the plurality of compositions integrated by being subjected to spreading and coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Kenichi FURUKI
  • Patent number: 12502833
    Abstract: A 3D printing system includes a tank, a rigid base, a transducer an electronic controller. The tank contains a liquid photopolymer resin. The tank includes an optically transparent window through which light is configured to pass. A printed substrate is produced on the rigid base from the liquid photopolymer resin as the rigid base moves with respect to the tank. The transducer is movably supported with respect to the tank. The transducer is configured to emit a vibration wave toward the optically transparent window. The electronic controller is programmed to control a position between the transducer and the printed substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Ueda, Nanzhu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20250375926
    Abstract: A laminate molding system in which three or more press devices are continuously provided and a laminate molded article is sequentially pressure-molded. The laminate molding system includes first, second and third press devices. The first press device includes a pressure reducible chamber and a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet or a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The second press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The third press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Keiichirou SUGISAKI, Kenji FUKUMOTO, Naoki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20250360477
    Abstract: In a reaction system (1), a reactor (210) is provided in a sealed space covered by a blocking mechanism (111) and includes a supply port of a substance to be treated and a delivery port of a product. A conveyance apparatus (221) conveys the substance to be treated along an extending direction of a cylindrical body inside the cylindrical body. A fluid supply tube (204) is connected to a fluid inlet provided in the reactor and supplies a fluid for production. A fluid discharge tube (206) discharges a fluid inside the reactor from a fluid outlet provided in the reactor. A cleaning medium supply apparatus (232) branches and is connected to at least any one of the supply port or the fluid supply tube and can inject a cleaning medium in the reactor in a cleaning step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Seiya HIRAMATSU, Naoki UEDA, Kenichi FURUKI, Satoru NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250345763
    Abstract: To safely take out a conveyance mechanism provided in a reaction vessel. A take-out apparatus (30) according to the present disclosure takes out a conveyance mechanism (13) from a reaction apparatus (10) including a reaction vessel (11) and the conveyance mechanism (13), the reaction vessel (11) obtaining a product by causing a reaction of a substance to be treated that is charged into the reaction vessel (11), the conveyance mechanism (13) being provided in the reaction vessel (11) to convey the substance to be treated. The take-out apparatus (30) includes a housing vessel (31) hermetically coupled to the reaction vessel (11), and a coupling member (32) to be coupled to the conveyance mechanism (13) in the housing vessel (31), and the conveyance mechanism (13) is taken out from the reaction vessel (11) by moving the coupling member (32), and is housed in the housing vessel (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Seiya HIRAMATSU, Naoki UEDA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Kenichi FURUKI
  • Publication number: 20250332562
    Abstract: A reactor component according to an embodiment is used in a reactor that reacts a material to be treated in an environment where at least one of the material to be treated and an atmosphere contains sulfur or sulfide and is constituted of an alloy of which a principal component is Fe, which contains 13 to 35 percent by mass of Cr, and which contains a total of 0 to 35 percent by mass of Ni and Co.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Satoru OHSAKI, Takehiko YANAGIYA, Kenichi FURUKI
  • Publication number: 20250326642
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a functional base material and the like are provided. A functional base material manufacturing method includes the steps of: bringing a reduction gas into contact with a base material that consists mainly of a compound containing at least phosphorus and a transition metal; and bringing a carbonization gas into contact with the base material having been in contact with the reduction gas. For example, the compound is lithium iron phosphate. For example, the base material is a powdered or granular material with an average particle diameter of 500 ?m or less. For example, the reduction gas is hydrogen and, for example, the carbonization gas is low hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Naoki UEDA, Satoru NAKAMURA, Kenichi FURUKI
  • Publication number: 20250316701
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material disposed on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector, in which lithium metal is deposited on the negative electrode current collector when charging; and a solid electrolyte layer between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The lithium secondary battery is characterized that a carbon particle layer containing carbon particles having a intensity ratio R (IG/ID) of G-band peak intensity (IG) and D-band peak intensity (ID) measured by raman scattering spectroscopy of 7 or greater, is arranged on at least a part of a region, where the positive electrode active material layer faces the negative electrode current collector, of a main surface of the negative electrode current collector facing the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Harumi Takada, Naoki Ueda
  • Patent number: 12427706
    Abstract: A die 6 includes a central member 6a, an injection hole formed from a surface of the central member 6a to an inside, a plurality of nozzles formed from an opposite surface of the central member 6a to the inside and connected to the injection hole, a heat source provided inside the central member 6a, and a plurality of heat insulating portions 31a provided inside the central member 6a. The plurality of heat insulating portions 31a extend from an outer peripheral side of the central member 6a toward an inner side of the central member 6a in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Ueda, Tomonori Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Kawano, Soichiro Matsuda, Fumiya Yamabe
  • Patent number: 12420459
    Abstract: A laminate molding system in which three or more press devices are continuously provided and a laminate molded article is sequentially pressure-molded. The laminate molding system includes first, second and third press devices. The first press device includes a pressure reducable chamber and a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet or a pressurizing surface formed of an elastic body sheet, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The second press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor. The third press device includes a pressurizing surface formed of a metal press plate, the laminate molded article being pressurized by a driving force of a servomotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Yamamoto, Keiichirou Sugisaki, Kenji Fukumoto, Naoki Ueda