Patents by Inventor Ryo Goto
Ryo Goto 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).
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Patent number: 11970662Abstract: An electrochromic element including: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode with a gap between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first electrochromic layer disposed on or above the first electrode, including conductor or semiconductor nano-structures and an electrochromic compound; and an electrolyte layer including an electrolyte, disposed between the first electrochromic layer and the second electrode, wherein the electrochromic compound is a compound represented by General Formula 1, and an anion of the electrolyte is a monovalent anion having oxidation potential higher than reduction potential of a dication of General Formula 1 by 3.1 V or greater, where X? is a monovalent anion having oxidation potential higher than reduction potential of the dication of General Formula 1 by 3.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Fuminari Kaneko, Daisuke Goto, Masato Shinoda, Ryo Kawamura, Naru Tanaka, Tohru Yashiro, Mamiko Inoue, Naoki Ura
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Patent number: 11967701Abstract: A positive electrode material consists of composite particles. Each of the composite particles includes a base material particle, a film, and a carbon nanotube. The film covers at least a part of a surface of the base material particle. The base material particle includes a positive electrode active material. The film includes a boron oxide. The carbon nanotube includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is buried in the film. The second portion is exposed on a surface of the film.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryo Hanazaki, Takashi Ko, Natsumi Goto, Sho Tsuruta, Kohei Kintsu
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Publication number: 20240128896Abstract: An actuator having good interlayer adhesion at a lamination interface, good conductivity of an electrode layer, and good smoothness of the electrode layer is provided. The actuator includes a plurality of elastomer layers and a plurality of electrode layers, and the elastomer layers and electrode layers are alternately laminated. The electrode layer contains carbon black, a content of the carbon black in the electrode layer is 10% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, and a specific surface area of the carbon black is 380 g/m2 or more and 800 m2/g or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: RYO IWAMURO, YUSAKU KATO, TAKAHITO SUZUKI, HIROYUKI MITSUHASHI, YOSHIO GOTO
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Publication number: 20240074318Abstract: [Object] To provide a transducer capable of providing a high degree of freedom in deformation and suppressing a risk of breakage and a method of producing the transducer. [Solving Means] In order to achieve the above-described object, a transducer according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an elastomer. The elastomer extends along a predetermined axis direction, and has both end portions in which at least two electrodes having followability are disposed on both sides around a predetermined axis in the predetermined axis direction, the both end portions being elongated to be folded in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined axis. This makes it possible to provide a high degree of freedom in deformation and to suppress a risk of breakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: YUSAKU KATO, AKIHIRO NAKATA, RYO IWAMURO, DAISUKE YAMAMOTO, HIROYUKI MITSUHASHI, YOSHIO GOTO
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Patent number: 11862553Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device capable of reducing inductance between a high potential terminal and a low potential terminal while achieving downsizing of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes: the insulating substrate; the circuit pattern including a low potential circuit pattern and a high potential circuit pattern provided on a region adjacent to the low potential circuit pattern; a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the circuit pattern; a low potential terminal having one end portion connected to the low potential circuit pattern; and a high potential terminal having one end portion connected to the high potential circuit pattern, wherein the high potential terminal and the low potential terminal include electrode parts and constituting parallel flat plates vertically disposed in parallel to each other and extending on a side of the low potential circuit pattern and electrode parts and protruding from the insulating substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetaka Matsuo, Ryo Goto, Yasutaka Shimizu
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Patent number: 11777320Abstract: A power supply system includes a coupling device including a power conversion device, and one or more power supply units. Each of the power supply units includes a distributed power supply, a first interface outputting DC power to the power conversion device, an individual converter converting the DC power to AC power, and a second interface outputting the AC power output from the individual converter. The power conversion device includes a coupling side converter that converts the direct current power output from the power supply units to AC power, and an interface for outputting the AC power output from the coupling side converter. The power supply system includes a controller for controlling at least one of a corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device based on communication information obtained by communication between the corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichi Moriyama, Takanobu Nishigai, Ryo Goto, Junichi Ujii, Shinya Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11739401Abstract: Provided is a black heart malleable cast iron and a method for manufacturing the same which can significantly shorten the time required for graphitization, as compared with the prior art. The black heart malleable cast iron includes a matrix of ferrite and lump graphite included in the matrix, and includes at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) 0.0050% by mass or more and 0.15% by mass or less of bismuth and 0.020% by mass or more of manganese, and (ii) 0.0050% by mass or more and 1.0% by mass or less of aluminum and 0.0050% by mass or more of nitrogen. In addition, the grain size of the matrix is 8.0 or more and 10.0 or less in terms of grain size number, numerically determined by comparison between a metallographic photograph of the matrix and a standard grain size chart.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Goto, Takayuki Fukaya, Hiroshi Matsui, Kenta Matsuura
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Patent number: 11710671Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor element, a substrate on which the semiconductor module is mounted, a heat radiating plate on which the substrate is mounted, a resin case, and a first main current electrode and a second main current electrode, in which in the first main current electrode and the second main current electrode, one end of each thereof is joined to a circuit pattern on the substrate, an other end of each thereof is extended through and incorporated in a side wall of the resin case so as to project outward of the resin case, and each thereof has at least a portion of overlap at which a part thereof overlaps in parallel with each other with a gap therebetween, and each thereof has a slope portion provided between an external projection portion and an internal projection portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryo Goto, Yasutaka Shimizu
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Publication number: 20230086395Abstract: The black heart malleable cast iron according to the present embodiment comprises a matrix of ferrite and lump graphite included in the matrix, the black heart malleable cast iron comprising 50 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less of boron, and 65 ppm or more and 200 ppm or less of nitrogen in a mass ratio, wherein a grain size of the matrix is 8.0 or more and 10.0 or less in terms of grain size number, numerically determined by comparison between a metallographic photograph and a standard grain size chart.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventor: Ryo Goto
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Patent number: 11610873Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a semiconductor device capable of confirming withstand voltage of a snubber circuit after providing the snubber circuit and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: an insulating substrate; a circuit patterns provided on the insulating substrate; a snubber circuit substrate provided on the insulating substrate separately from the circuit patterns; a resistance provided on one of the circuit patterns and the snubber circuit substrate; a capacitor provided on another one of the circuit patterns and the snubber circuit substrate; and at least one semiconductor element electrically connected to the resistance and the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryo Goto, Takami Otsuki, Yasutaka Shimizu, Shingo Tomioka
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Publication number: 20230051658Abstract: A power supply system includes a coupling device including a power conversion device, and one or more power supply units. Each of the power supply units includes a distributed power supply, a first interface outputting DC power to the power conversion device, an individual converter converting the DC power to AC power, and a second interface outputting the AC power output from the individual converter. The power conversion device includes a coupling side converter that converts the direct current power output from the power supply units to AC power, and an interface for outputting the AC power output from the coupling side converter. The power supply system includes a controller for controlling at least one of a corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device based on communication information obtained by communication between the corresponding one of the power supply units or the power conversion device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Yuichi MORIYAMA, Takanobu NISHIGAI, Ryo GOTO, Junichi UJII, Shinya MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 11486014Abstract: Provided is a method capable of producing a plated black heart malleable cast iron member having a plating layer with excellent adhesiveness to a black heart malleable cast iron member, while having less burden on the environment, compared to conventional methods.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventors: Ryo Goto, Takayuki Fukaya, Hiroshi Matsui, Akinori Sawada
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Publication number: 20220262717Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device capable of reducing inductance between a high potential terminal and a low potential terminal while achieving downsizing of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes: the insulating substrate; the circuit pattern including a low potential circuit pattern and a high potential circuit pattern provided on a region adjacent to the low potential circuit pattern; a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the circuit pattern; a low potential terminal having one end portion connected to the low potential circuit pattern; and a high potential terminal having one end portion connected to the high potential circuit pattern, wherein the high potential terminal and the low potential terminal include electrode parts and constituting parallel flat plates vertically disposed in parallel to each other and extending on a side of the low potential circuit pattern and electrode parts and protruding from the insulating substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hidetaka MATSUO, Ryo Goto, Yasutaka Shimizu
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Publication number: 20220230929Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a semiconductor element, a substrate on which the semiconductor module is mounted, a heat radiating plate on which the substrate is mounted, a resin case, and a first main current electrode and a second main current electrode, in which in the first main current electrode and the second main current electrode, one end of each thereof is joined to a circuit pattern on the substrate, an other end of each thereof is extended through and incorporated in a side wall of the resin case so as to project outward of the resin case, and each thereof has at least a portion of overlap at which a part thereof overlaps in parallel with each other with a gap therebetween, and each thereof has a slope portion provided between an external projection portion and an internal projection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryo Goto, Yasutaka Shimizu
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Patent number: 11090960Abstract: A posture adjusting apparatus includes: an ink ejector that has a detachable inkjet head that ejects ink; and a posture adjuster for adjusting a posture of the ink ejector. The ink ejector includes a head fixing member to/from which the inkjet head is attached and detached, and is movable between a first position where an image is formed on a recording medium by the inkjet head and a second position where the inkjet head is attached and detached, and the posture adjuster allows adjustment of an angle of the head fixing member in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Akira Naruse, Ryo Goto, Kenichi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20210249389Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a semiconductor device capable of confirming withstand voltage of a snubber circuit after providing the snubber circuit and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: an insulating substrate; a circuit patterns provided on the insulating substrate; a snubber circuit substrate provided on the insulating substrate separately from the circuit patterns; a resistance provided on one of the circuit patterns and the snubber circuit substrate; a capacitor provided on another one of the circuit patterns and the snubber circuit substrate; and at least one semiconductor element electrically connected to the resistance and the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryo GOTO, Takami OTSUKI, Yasutaka SHIMIZU, Shingo TOMIOKA
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Patent number: 11050073Abstract: Power is generated efficiently using fuel. A power generation unit includes a power generation module that generates power using fuel, a supply unit that supplies fuel to the power generation module, a power converter that converts DC power supplied by the power generation module into AC power, and a controller that controls the supply unit and the power converter. The controller controls the supply unit or the power converter so that the output power supplied to a load with fluctuating power consumption becomes greater than the power consumption of the load by a predetermined margin.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Ryo Goto
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Patent number: 10844450Abstract: A black heart malleable cast iron including carbon of not lower than 2.0% and not higher than 3.4%; silicon of not lower than 0% and not higher than 1.4%; aluminum of not lower than 2.0% and not higher than 6.0%, which are all expressed by percent by mass; and balance iron and inevitable impurities, wherein a value of a carbon equivalent CE expressed by Equation (1) is not lower than 3.0% and not higher than 4.2%, where C denotes a content of the carbon expressed by percent by mass, Si denotes a content of the silicon expressed by percent by mass and Al denotes a content of the aluminum expressed by percent by mass: CE=C+Si/3+Al/8 (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.Inventor: Ryo Goto
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Patent number: 10812062Abstract: A driving device for a semiconductor element includes: a plurality of detection circuits that detect different types of abnormalities of the semiconductor element; a logic circuit that generates an error signal when at least one of the detection circuits detects an abnormality; an alarm signal generating circuit that receives the error signal and generates an alarm signal made of one or a plurality of pulses, the alarm signal having a different pulse width for each of the detection circuits that has detected an abnormality; and a protection operation determining circuit that determines whether or not a protection function of the semiconductor element is operating based on the error signal and the alarm signal, and shuts off input of a drive signal to the semiconductor element when it is determined that the protection function is operating.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Haruhiko Murakami, Ryo Goto, Shiori Uota, Koichiro Noguchi, Motoki Imanishi
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Patent number: 10768570Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet and a sheet conveying unit for conveying the sheet along a conveying path extending in a substantially horizontal direction in a lower portion of the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus includes a recovery container which is provided in front of the image forming unit and above the conveying path, and accommodates the waste toner discharged from the image forming unit. The image forming apparatus includes a waste toner conveying pipe that conveys the waste toner discharged from the image forming unit to the recovery container, without passing through the rear portion and the side portion of the image forming unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takenori Suenaga, Ryo Goto