Patents by Inventor Naoto Yoda

Naoto Yoda 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: 20240142338
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tower deterioration detection device and the like capable of detecting deterioration of a tower. A tower deterioration detection device includes: an optical signal reception unit for receiving an optical signal from an optical fiber cable laid in a tower; and a deterioration detection unit for detecting deterioration of the tower on the basis of a vibration pattern of the tower indicated by the optical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Koyo MORI, Yukihide YODA, Naoto OGURA
  • Publication number: 20240125627
    Abstract: Provided is a portable device which make it possible to facilitate analysis, in cooperation with an external system, on data obtained by optical fiber sensing. A portable device comprises: a sensing unit configured to execute optical fiber sensing using an optical fiber cable; an analysis unit configured to execute primary analysis processing on sensing data obtained by the optical fiber sensing; a communication unit configured to transmit data containing the results of the primary analysis processing to an external analysis unit configured to execute, outside the portable device, secondary analysis processing based on the results of the primary analysis processing; and a housing which accommodates the sensing unit, the analysis unit, and the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihide Yoda, Naoto Ogura, Tadayuki Iwano
  • Patent number: 8361672
    Abstract: A tubular fuel cell including: a center support member made from a wire rod; an electrolyte layer formed upon the outside of the center support member; an outer circumferential support member disposed between the center support member and the electrolyte layer, and which is made from a wire rod; a catalyst layer formed upon the outer circumferential surface of the outer circumferential support member, and that is in contact with the electrolyte layer; and an auxiliary outer circumferential support member provided between the center support member and the outer circumferential support member, and which is made from a wire rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Imanishi, Haruyuki Nakanishi, Naoto Yoda
  • Publication number: 20080280181
    Abstract: A tubular fuel cell including: a center support member made from a wire rod; an electrolyte layer formed upon the outside of the center support member; an outer circumferential support member disposed between the center support member and the electrolyte layer, and which is made from a wire rod; a catalyst layer formed upon the outer circumferential surface of the outer circumferential support member, and that is in contact with the electrolyte layer; and an auxiliary outer circumferential support member provided between the center support member and the outer circumferential support member, and which is made from a wire rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Imanishi, Haruyuki Nakanishi, Naoto Yoda