Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Murai

Ryuichi Murai 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: 11848460
    Abstract: A battery for a vehicle includes a battery case; and a battery module disposed therein, wherein the battery case includes a side wall and a bottom wall, the battery module is disposed on the bottom wall and apart away from the side wall, a force transmission assembly including a fixation member fixed and connected to the side wall and a transmission member fixed and connected to the fixation member is provided between the battery module and the side wall, a distance between the transmission member and the battery module is smaller than a distance between the fixation member and the battery module, and when a collision occurs to the side wall, the transmission member is displaced toward the battery module accompanied with a deformation of the side wall due to the collision so as to transmit a collision force to the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Murai, Ke Wang
  • Publication number: 20230086672
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a housing having an annular shape of which one end side is open and of which the other end side is closed; at least one introduction portion that introduces a fuel and an oxidizing gas into the housing to generate a tubular flow; and an ignition unit that ignites the fuel introduced into the housing. The ignition unit includes a discharge electrode and a ground electrode. A space that the fuel and the oxidizing gas reach is provided between the discharge electrode and the ground electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hiroyasu KAWAUCHI, Hideaki SUZUKI, Yoshitaka TAKEUCHI, Ryuichi MURAI, Fumiteru AKAMATSU, Yu IMAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220209357
    Abstract: A battery for a vehicle includes a battery case; and a battery module disposed therein, wherein the battery case includes a side wall and a bottom wall, the battery module is disposed on the bottom wall and apart away from the side wall, a force transmission assembly including a fixation member fixed and connected to the side wall and a transmission member fixed and connected to the fixation member is provided between the battery module and the side wall, a distance between the transmission member and the battery module is smaller than a distance between the fixation member and the battery module, and when a collision occurs to the side wall, the transmission member is displaced toward the battery module accompanied with a deformation of the side wall due to the collision so as to transmit a collision force to the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Ryuichi Murai
  • Publication number: 20150249232
    Abstract: A method including: forming a thin-film transistor array device that constitutes a pixel circuit; forming light-emitting layers; and after forming a light-emitter by forming the light-emitting layers, sealing the light-emitter entirely. The forming of the light-emitting layers includes: preparing transfer substrates, each transfer substrate having a supporting substrate on which a transfer layer including at least one of red, green, and blue light-emitting materials is formed; and transferring the corresponding transfer layer onto a transfer-target substrate of an EL display device by using the corresponding transfer substrate, and the forming of the light-emitting layers, the sealing, and the forming of the transfer layer of each transfer substrate are performed within an isolation atmosphere for preventing exposure to the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yoichi Shintani, Ryuichi Murai, Akinobu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20150221870
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an EL display device, the EL display device including: a light-emitter emitting light of at least red, green, and blue colors; and a thin-film transistor array device controlling light-emission of the light-emitter, the light-emitter including at least red, green, and blue light-emitting layers arranged within regions partitioned by banks, and being sealed with a sealing layer, the method including: preparing at least three types of transfer substrates corresponding to red, green, and blue colors, each transfer substrate having a supporting substrate on which a transfer layer including at least red, green, or blue light-emitting material is formed by an inkjet method; and when forming the light-emitting layers, repeatedly performing a transfer process that includes transferring the transfer layer onto a transfer-target substrate of the EL display device by using the transfer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: JOLED INC.
    Inventors: Yoichi Shintani, Ryuichi Murai, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Akinobu Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20140354007
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a latch mechanism that is installed on the door body and is engaged with an engaging member, which is positioned on a vehicle body, when the door is closed, a rod member that connects the door outer handle and the latch mechanism such that the door outer handle operates simultaneously with and the latch mechanism, and a counterweight that is provided in the door outer handle and is disposed at a position at which the counterweight directly faces the sash member, at an outer side of the sash member in an in-out direction of the vehicle, and the counterweight transmitting an inertia force of the counterweight, which acts when an impact load applied from an outside of the vehicle is inputted, to the rod member as a load in a latch maintaining direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ogawa, Eiji Hirano, Kiyohito Kurokawa, Ryuichi Murai, Takenobu Haga, Hakurei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8857897
    Abstract: A lower garnish arranged adjacent to the lower part of a tailgate includes a surface portion extending along an outer surface of an outer panel and a mounting portion disposed between the outer surface of the outer panel and an inner surface of the surface portion. The mounting portion includes a mounting seat extending along the outer surface of the outer panel and being mounted on the outer panel and a connecting wall connecting the mounting seat and the surface portion. The connecting wall has a first slit extending along a first direction directing from the surface portion toward the mounting seat and a second slit intersecting the first slit at right angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroyuki Hazawa, Takenobu Haga, Keiichi Honda, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8835863
    Abstract: The radiation detector includes: a housing defining an enclosed space filled with a radiation detection gas; first and second electrodes opposing each other across the enclosed space; insulating materials covering surfaces of the first and second electrodes facing the enclosed space; and a voltage source for applying a voltage to the first and second electrodes, whereby a radiation sensor is formed. The radiation sensor is configured so that: in a radiation detection period, a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, and an electric charge is accumulated on the insulating materials by ions and/or electrons generated by ionization of the gas by incident radiation; and in a radiation measurement time, an electric discharge is caused by applying a reverse bias voltage from that applied to the first and second electrodes in the radiation detection period, and a firing voltage is measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi Shintani, Ryuichi Murai, Mitsuhiro Murata, Tomoyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140084177
    Abstract: The radiation detector includes: a housing defining an enclosed space filled with a radiation detection gas; first and second electrodes opposing each other across the enclosed space; insulating materials covering surfaces of the first and second electrodes facing the enclosed space; and a voltage source for applying a voltage to the first and second electrodes, whereby a radiation sensor is formed. The radiation sensor is configured so that: in a radiation detection period, a predetermined voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, and an electric charge is accumulated on the insulating materials by ions and/or electrons generated by ionization of the gas by incident radiation; and in a radiation measurement time, an electric discharge is caused by applying a reverse bias voltage from that applied to the first and second electrodes in the radiation detection period, and a firing voltage is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichi SHINTANI, Ryuichi MURAI, Mitsuhiro MURATA, Tomoyuki MAEDA
  • Patent number: 8427053
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has high definition, high luminance, and low power consumption. In the plasma display panel, the front panel is provided thereon with display electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer. The display electrodes are formed on the front glass substrate. The dielectric layer coats the display electrodes, and the protective layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The rear panel is provided thereon with address electrodes and barrier ribs for partitioning the discharge space in the direction crossing to the display electrodes. The front and rear panels are opposed to each other with a discharge space therebetween filled with a discharge gas. The protective layer on the dielectric layer includes an underlying film, and aggregated particles adhered on the underlying film, the aggregated particles being formed by aggregating crystal grains of magnesium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takuji Tsujita, Jun Hashimoto, Ryuichi Murai, Hiroyuki Kado, Masashi Gotou, Yukihiro Morita, Yasuyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20130076070
    Abstract: A lower garnish arranged adjacent to the lower part of a tailgate includes a surface portion extending along an outer surface of an outer panel and a mounting portion disposed between the outer surface of the outer panel and an inner surface of the surface portion. The mounting portion includes a mounting seat extending along the outer surface of the outer panel and being mounted on the outer panel and a connecting wall connecting the mounting seat and the surface portion. The connecting wall has a first slit extending along a first direction directing from the surface portion toward the mounting seat and a second slit intersecting the first slit at right angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masayuki Ogawa, Hiroyuki Hazawa, Takenobu Haga, Keiichi Honda, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8330367
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Murakoso, Kenji Ogawa, Toru Ando, Kentaro Ueda, Yohei Koshio, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8212477
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Murakoso, Kenji Ogawa, Toru Ando, Kentaro Ueda, Yohei Koshio, Ryuichi Murai
  • Publication number: 20120146974
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has a first substrate, plural pairs of display electrodes, a second substrate, and plural data electrodes. Each pair of the display electrodes is made up of a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode which are arranged parallel to each other on the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A discharge space is formed between the first substrate and second substrate. The data electrodes are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the display electrodes on the second substrate. The data electrode is wider in peripheral portion of the second substrate than in a central portion of the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro MURAKOSO, Kenji Ogawa, Toru Ando, Kentaro Ueda, Yohei Koshio, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8174192
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front panel having a front substrate having a plurality of arrays of display electrodes each including a scanning electrode and a sustain electrode opposed to each other with a discharge gap being defined therebetween and a rear panel having a rear substrate opposed to a front substrate and having partition walls for partitioning a discharge space between the rear panel and the front panel, data electrodes formed between partition walls in such a fashion that the data electrodes intersect with the display electrodes, and phosphor layers formed between partition walls, wherein the rear panel forms partition walls so as to divide the discharge space in a plurality of regions along a direction parallel to the data electrodes, and blue phosphor layers are formed on boundary parts of the plural regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kentaro Ueda, Nobutaka Hokazono, Masanori Suzuki, Toshifumi Nagino, Ryuichi Murai
  • Patent number: 8113899
    Abstract: A method for producing a plasma display panel, the method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel being a panel wherein an electrode A, a dielectric layer A and a protective layer are formed on a substrate A, and the rear panel being a panel wherein an electrode B, a dielectric layer B, a partition wall and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate B; (ii) applying a glass frit material onto a peripheral region of the substrate A or B, and then opposing the front and rear panels with each other such that the glass frit material is interposed therebetween; (iii) supplying a gas into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels from a direction lateral to the opposed front and rear panels, under such a condition that the front and rear panels are heated; and (iv) melting the glass frit material to cause the front and rear panels to be sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okumura, Ryuichi Murai, Takahiro Takisawa, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Takayuki Ashida, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110133639
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) featuring the display performance of high definition display and a high brightness, and yet, a lower power consumption is disclosed. A front panel of this PDP includes display electrodes formed on a front glass substrate, a dielectric layer covering the display electrodes, and a protective layer formed on the dielectric layer. A rear panel of this PDP includes address electrodes formed along a direction intersecting with the display electrodes, and barrier ribs. The front panel and the rear panel confront each other to form a discharge space which is filled with discharge gas and is portioned by the barrier ribs. The protective layer is formed of a metal oxide made of MgO and CaO. X-ray diffraction analysis on the surface of the protective layer finds that the metal oxide has a peak between a diffraction angle where a peak of MgO occurs and a diffraction angle where a peak of CaO occurs along an identical orientation of the MgO peak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Takuji Tsujita, Jun Hashimoto, Ryuichi Murai, Hiroyuki Kado, Masashi Gotou, Yukihiro Morita, Yasuyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20100308721
    Abstract: A plasma display panel has high definition, high luminance, and low power consumption. In the plasma display panel, the front panel is provided thereon with display electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a protective layer. The display electrodes are formed on the front glass substrate. The dielectric layer coats the display electrodes, and the protective layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The rear panel is provided thereon with address electrodes and barrier ribs for partitioning the discharge space in the direction crossing to the display electrodes. The front and rear panels are opposed to each other with a discharge space therebetween filled with a discharge gas. The protective layer on the dielectric layer includes an underlying film, and aggregated particles adhered on the underlying film, the aggregated particles being formed by aggregating crystal grains of magnesium oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Takuji Tsujita, Jun Hashimoto, Ryuichi Murai, Hiroyuki Kado, Masashi Gotou, Yukihiro Morita, Yasuyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: RE41503
    Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel brightness which is achieved by improving the efficiency in conversion from discharge energy to visible rays. The second object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel life which is achieved by improving the protecting layer protecting the dielectrics glass layer. To achieve the first object, the present invention sets the amount of xenon in the discharge gas to the range of 10% by volume to less than 100% by volume, and sets the charging pressure for the discharge gas to the range of 500 to 760 Torr which is higher than conventional charging pressures. With such construction, the panel brightness increases. Also, to achieve the second object, the present invention has, on the surface of the dielectric glass layer, a protecting layer consisting of an alkaline earth oxide with (100)-face or (110)-face orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Aoki, Hideo Torii, Eiji Fujii, Mitsuhiro Ohtani, Takashi Inami, Hiroyuki Kawamura, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Ryuichi Murai, Yasuhisa Ishikura, Yutaka Nishimura, Katsuyoshi Yamashita, Yasuko Nishimura, Syunsuke Nishimura, Emi Kawahara
  • Patent number: RE43083
    Abstract: A gas discharge panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of display electrode pairs which are each made up of a sustain electrode and a scan electrode are formed on the first substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are set facing each other with a plurality of barrier ribs in between so as to form a plurality of cells. In this gas discharge panel, at least one of the sustain electrode and the scan electrode includes: a plurality of line parts; and a discharge developing part which makes a gap between adjacent line parts smaller in areas corresponding to channels between adjacent barrier ribs than in areas corresponding to the barrier ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nishimura, Hidetaka Higashino, Ryuichi Murai, Yusuke Takata, Nobuaki Nagao, Toru Ando, Naoki Kosugi, Hiroyuki Tachibana