Patents by Inventor Naoki Yokota

Naoki Yokota 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: 9931624
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin having a hydrophobic unit with divalent hydrophobic groups bonded to each other via an ether bond, the divalent hydrophobic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group, carbon-carbon bond or the like; and a hydrophilic unit having divalent hydrophilic groups bonded to each other via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophilic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group or carbon-carbon bond, the aromatic ring or at least one of the aromatic rings having an anion exchange group are bonded via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Naoki Yokota, Manai Shimada, Kenji Miyatake, Masahiro Watanabe, Junpei Miyake, Eriko Nishino, Koichiro Asazawa
  • Publication number: 20170267823
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anion exchange resin capable of producing an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a binder for forming an electrode catalyst layer and a battery electrode catalyst layer. The anion exchange resin of the present invention has a hydrophobic unit, a hydrophilic unit and divalent fluorine-containing groups. The hydrophobic unit has divalent hydrophobic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The hydrophilic unit has divalent hydrophilic groups composed of one aromatic ring or a plurality of aromatic rings, at least one of which has an anion exchange group, that are repeated via carbon-carbon bond. The divalent fluorine-containing groups have a specific structure and are bonded via carbon-carbon bond to the hydrophobic unit and/or the hydrophilic unit and/or a moiety other than these units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicants: TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Manai SHIMADA, Naoki YOKOTA, Kenji MIYATAKE, Masahiro WATANABE, Junpei MIYAKE, Hideaki ONO, Eriko NISHINO, Koichiro ASAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170087545
    Abstract: An anion exchange resin having a hydrophobic unit with divalent hydrophobic groups bonded to each other via an ether bond, the divalent hydrophobic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group, carbon-carbon bond or the like; and a hydrophilic unit having divalent hydrophilic groups bonded to each other via carbon-carbon bond, the divalent hydrophilic groups being composed of one aromatic ring, or being composed of a plurality of aromatic rings which are bonded to each other via a divalent hydrocarbon group or carbon-carbon bond, the aromatic ring or at least one of the aromatic rings having an anion exchange group are bonded via carbon-carbon bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicants: TAKAHATA PRECISION JAPAN CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI
    Inventors: Naoki YOKOTA, Manai SHIMADA, Kenji MIYATAKE, Masahiro WATANABE, Junpei MIYAKE, Eriko NISHINO, Koichiro ASAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8801883
    Abstract: A method for producing a fixing-unit member including a base, a rubber elastic layer, and a PFA layer includes a step of forming a primer layer by applying a primer containing a low-melting fluorocarbon resin to the outer circumferential surface of a rubber roller having the rubber elastic layer on the outer circumferential surface of the base; a step of sheathing the rubber roller with a thermally shrinkable tube formed by diametrically expanding a PFA tube so as to have an inner diameter more than the outer diameter of the rubber roller; a step of forming the PFA layer from the thermally shrinkable tube by heating the thermally shrinkable tube so as to be thermally shrunken and fused with the rubber roller; and a reheating step of heating the PFA layer to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the PFA contained in the PFA layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Fukumoto, Hiromi Kamimura, Shingo Harada, Naoki Yokota
  • Patent number: 8194030
    Abstract: A display device for vehicle includes an LCD panel that has a first pixel region and a second pixel region. The display controller portion displays a meter image on the first pixel region at a regular time and a specific time, and displays an outside image on the second pixel region at the specific time. The display controller portion controls a gradient ratio of pixel in the first pixel region as a meter image gradient ratio, and controls a gradient ratio of pixel in the second pixel region as an outside image gradient ratio. The display controller portion switches and performs a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the display controller portion keeps both the meter image gradient ratio and the outside image gradient ratio to the maximum ratio R1max and R2max, and varies a source luminance of a light source according to an adjust value which is in a side brighter than a reference value Cb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Yokota, Yukihide Shibata, Munechika Okita
  • Publication number: 20110236691
    Abstract: A method for producing a fixing-unit member including a base, a rubber elastic layer, and a PFA layer includes a step of forming a primer layer by applying a primer containing a low-melting fluorocarbon resin to the outer circumferential surface of a rubber roller having the rubber elastic layer on the outer circumferential surface of the base; a step of sheathing the rubber roller with a thermally shrinkable tube formed by diametrically expanding a PFA tube so as to have an inner diameter more than the outer diameter of the rubber roller; a step of forming the PFA layer from the thermally shrinkable tube by heating the thermally shrinkable tube so as to be thermally shrunken and fused with the rubber roller; and a reheating step of heating the PFA layer to a temperature equal to or higher than the melting point of the PFA contained in the PFA layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FUKUMOTO, Hiromi KAMIMURA, Shingo HARADA, Naoki YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20100079367
    Abstract: A display device for vehicle includes an LCD panel that has a first pixel region and a second pixel region. The display controller portion displays a meter image on the first pixel region at a regular time and a specific time, and displays an outside image on the second pixel region at the specific time. The display controller portion controls a gradient ratio of pixel in the first pixel region as a meter image gradient ratio, and controls a gradient ratio of pixel in the second pixel region as an outside image gradient ratio. The display controller portion switches and performs a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the display controller portion keeps both the meter image gradient ratio and the outside image gradient ratio to the maximum ratio R1max and R2max, and varies a source luminance of a light source according to an adjust value which is in a side brighter than a reference value Cb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki Yokota, Yukihide Shibata, Munechika Okita