Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kitagawa
Satoshi Kitagawa 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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Publication number: 20240124995Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device in an embodiment includes: an electrochemical reaction cell including a first accommodation part for accommodating carbon dioxide, a second accommodation part for accommodating an electrolytic solution containing water, or water vapor, a diaphragm provided between the first accommodation part and the second accommodation part, a reduction electrode arranged in the first accommodation part, and an oxidation electrode arranged in the second accommodation part, a detection unit detecting a reaction amount in the electrochemical reaction cell; a regulation unit regulating an amount of the carbon dioxide to be supplied to the first accommodation part, and a control unit controlling the regulation unit based on a detection signal of the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ryota KITAGAWA, Yusuke KOFUJI, Asahi MOTOSHIGE, Masakazu YAMAGIWA, Jun TAMURA, Yuki KUDO, Akihiko ONO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20240117515Abstract: An electrolytic device includes: an electrolysis cell including: an anode; a cathode; a first flow path plate facing on the anode, the first flow path plate having a first recess defining an anode flow path through which a first liquid flows; a second flow path plate facing on the cathode, the second flow path plate having a second recess defining a cathode flow path through which a first gas flows; and a separator provided between the anode and the cathode. The second flow path plate has an uneven surface on an inner surface of the second recess. An arithmetic mean roughness of the uneven surface is 0.03 ?m or more and 50 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiko ONO, Yusuke KOFUJI, Yuki KUDO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240110303Abstract: An electrolytic device includes: a humidifier to humidify a cathode gas; a cathode discharge flow path through which a cathode fluid flows; an anode collector to separate an anode fluid into an anode discharge liquid and an anode exhaust gas; a first cooler to cool the anode exhaust gas to condense water vapor in the anode exhaust gas to produce a anode condensed water; a first flow path connecting the anode collector and an anode supply flow path, the first flow path through which the anode solution flows from the anode collector to the anode supply flow path; a second flow path through which the anode condensed water flows from the condensed water collector to the humidifier; and a first heat exchange structure to exchange heat between the anode solution through the first flow path and the anode condensed water through the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akihiko ONO, Yasuhiro KIYOTA, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
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Patent number: 11946150Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device in an embodiment includes: a reaction unit including a first accommodation part to accommodate carbon dioxide and a second accommodation part to accommodate an electrolytic solution containing water; a reduction electrode to reduce the carbon dioxide; an oxidation electrode to oxidize the water; a power supply to pass current between the reduction electrode and the oxidation electrode; a pressure regulator to regulate a pressure in the first accommodation part; a reaction product detector to detect at least one of an amount and a kind of a substance produced at the reduction electrode; and a controller to control the pressure regulator based on a detection signal of the reaction product detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ryota Kitagawa, Asahi Motoshige, Yoshitsune Sugano, Masakazu Yamagiwa, Jun Tamura, Yuki Kudo, Akihiko Ono, Satoshi Mikoshiba
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Publication number: 20240093394Abstract: An electrolysis device includes: an electrolysis cell having a cathode flow path, an anode flow path, a cathode, an anode, and a diaphragm; an anode supply flow path; an anode discharge flow path; a cathode supply flow path; a cathode discharge flow path through which a cathode fluid flows; first to third pressure detectors; first and second pressure controllers that control pressures of the cathode and anode flow paths; a first gas/liquid separator that separates a reduction product from the cathode fluid; a gas detector that measures a concentration of the separated reduction product; and an arithmetic device that calculates pressure values of the anode and cathode flow paths based on the measured concentration and pressures, and controls the pressure controllers to adjust the pressures of the anode and cathode flow paths to the calculated pressure values.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yasuhiro KIYOTA, Akihiko ONO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20240091736Abstract: A sequestration system includes: an electrolysis part having an electrolysis cell having an anode, a cathode, an anode flow path facing on the anode, and a cathode flow path facing on the cathode; and a reaction part configured to switch a first operation and a second operation, the first operation including producing solid carbon using a catalyst from a first raw material containing a first fluid to be introduced from the cathode flow path, and the second operation including performing a reaction of a second raw material containing a second fluid to be introduced from the anode flow path and solid carbon to be deposited on the catalyst to remove at least a part of the deposited solid carbon from the catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Ryota KITAGAWA, Naoya FUJIWARA, Yusuke KOFUJI, Akihiko ONO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20240093395Abstract: An electrolysis device of an embodiment includes: an electrolysis cell including a cathode part in which a reduction electrode is disposed, an anode part in which an oxidation electrode is disposed, and a diaphragm provided between the cathode part and the anode part; a supply power property obtaining unit that obtains a property of power that is to be supplied to the electrolysis cell; an input gas property obtaining unit that obtains a property of a gas that is to be input to the electrolysis cell; an electric property obtaining unit that obtains an electric property of the electrolysis cell; an output gas property obtaining unit that obtains a property of an output gas of the electrolysis cell; a temperature obtaining unit that obtains a temperature of the electrolysis cell; a data storage unit that stores data from the obtaining units; and a data processing unit to which the data is sent from the data storage unit and that processes the data to determine a state of the electrolysis cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yuki KUDO, Akihiko ONO, Satoshi MIKOSHIBA, Ryota KITAGAWA
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Patent number: 11417920Abstract: A power storage device includes at least one power storage cell, a heater that increases a temperature of the power storage cell, a pressing member that presses the heater against the power storage cell, and a sensor provided in the heater. The heater includes a base material and a heater wire provided on the base material. The base material includes a lead portion drawn from between the pressing member and the power storage cell. The heater wire includes a heater lead wire formed on the lead portion. The sensor is provided on the heater lead wire.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Tsuruta, Takashi Murata, Satoshi Kitagawa, Masaki Hanada
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Publication number: 20220212115Abstract: A novel optically readable identification code and a toy with identification code with which a toy main body can be prevented from having the appearance compromised as much as possible are provided. A toy with identification code 10 includes a toy main body 11 with a surface provided with an identification code portion 12 including an optically readable identification code 13. The identification code 13 includes a plurality of dark color portions and a plurality of light color portions, and a chromatic color having an intensity lower than an intensity of a chromatic color used for the dark color portions is used for the light color portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: BANDAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro MATSUNO, Satoshi KITAGAWA, Kazuki OGIYA, Hirotaka HATAYAMA, Yuta ABE
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Patent number: 11217816Abstract: A power storage device includes: a power storage stack which includes a plurality of power storage cells; a heating member that heats the power storage stack; a cooling member that cools the power storage stack; a first pressing member that presses the heating member against the power storage stack; a second pressing member that presses the cooling member against the power storage stack; and a sheet member covering the bottom of the power storage stack so that an enclosed space is formed between the sheet member and the power storage stack in a cross section of the power storage stack, wherein the sheet member has a first surface and a second surface, the cooling member is disposed on the first surface, within the enclosed space, and the heating member is disposed on the second surface, on an outer side of the enclosed space.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka Tsuruta, Takashi Murata, Satoshi Kitagawa, Masaki Hanada
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Publication number: 20200358149Abstract: A power storage device includes at least one power storage cell, a heater that increases a temperature of the power storage cell, a pressing member that presses the heater against the power storage cell, and a sensor provided in the heater. The heater includes a base material and a heater wire provided on the base material. The base material includes a lead portion drawn from between the pressing member and the power storage cell. The heater wire includes a heater lead wire formed on the lead portion. The sensor is provided on the heater lead wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka TSURUTA, Takashi MURATA, Satoshi KITAGAWA, Masaki HANADA
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Publication number: 20200343576Abstract: A power storage device includes: a power storage stack which includes a plurality of power storage cells; a heating member that heats the power storage stack; a cooling member that cools the power storage stack; a first pressing member that presses the heating member against the power storage stack; a second pressing member that presses the cooling member against the power storage stack; and a sheet member covering the bottom of the power storage stack so that an enclosed space is formed between the sheet member and the power storage stack in a cross section of the power storage stack, wherein the sheet member has a first surface and a second surface, the cooling member is disposed on the first surface, within the enclosed space, and the heating member is disposed on the second surface, on an outer side of the enclosed space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Haruka TSURUTA, Takashi MURATA, Satoshi KITAGAWA, Masaki HANADA
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Patent number: 9724963Abstract: A hub unit includes: a bearing section including an outer ring, an inner ring disposed coaxially with and inside the outer ring, rolling elements disposed in a bearing inner space, and a sealing member sealing the bearing inner space at an end on a vehicle inner side; a hub ring including a body portion, and a wheel mounting flange portion on which a wheel is to be mounted; and a covering member protecting the bearing section from a foreign substance. The covering member is fixed to rotate integrally with the hub ring and the inner ring, and covers an end on the vehicle inner side of the bearing section. A part of the covering member opposing to an end surface on the vehicle inner side of the outer ring is not parallel to the end surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takayoshi Aoki, Satoshi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 9621532Abstract: A provider server (100) includes: a receiving section (21) for obtaining a redirection URL (2); an information registering section (11) for registering user information (3); an access authorizing section (12) for authorizing the consumer server (200) to make access to the user information; a sending section (22) for sending the redirection URL (2) to a smartphone (300); an authorization judging section (13) for judging whether or not the access is authorized; and a sending section (22) for sending the user information (3) to the consumer server (200).Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Chiba, Satoshi Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20160288567Abstract: A hub unit includes: a bearing section including an outer ring, an inner ring disposed coaxially with and inside the outer ring, rolling elements disposed in a bearing inner space, and a sealing member sealing the bearing inner space at an end on a vehicle inner side; a hub ring including a body portion, and a wheel mounting flange portion on which a wheel is to be mounted; and a covering member protecting the bearing section from a foreign substance. The covering member is fixed to rotate integrally with the hub ring and the inner ring, and covers an end on the vehicle inner side of the bearing section. A part of the covering member opposing to an end surface on the vehicle inner side of the outer ring is not parallel to the end surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Takayoshi AOKI, Satoshi KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20160062480Abstract: An input device with a plurality of terminals for inputting information in a touch panel includes three direction detecting contacts that are projecting portions to touch three positions on the touch panel and form a triangle having vertexes on the three positions, and at least one information identifying contact that touches the touch panel together with the three direction detecting contacts so that specific information to be displayed on a display panel is identified according to a placement position of the information identifying contact with respect to the triangle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Shuichiro OGAWA, Satoshi KITAGAWA, Yoshihiro TAKI, Issei SUGA, Yoshitaka OGANE
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Publication number: 20150304295Abstract: A provider server (100) includes: a receiving section (21) for obtaining a redirection URL (2); an information registering section (11) for registering user information (3); an access authorizing section (12) for authorizing the consumer server (200) to make access to the user information; a sending section (22) for sending the redirection URL (2) to a smartphone (300); an authorization judging section (13) for judging whether or not the access is authorized; and a sending section (22) for sending the user information (3) to the consumer server (200).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Masahiro CHIBA, Satoshi KITAGAWA
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Publication number: 20070140828Abstract: A silicon wafer, which has been doped with nitrogen and has been subjected to an extrinsic gettering (EG) treatment, for example, the formation of a polysilicon layer. In the silicon wafer, when the wafer is exposed to an ion of a heavy metal such as copper or nickel in a device manufacturing process, the copper and nickel can be captured by the action of intrinsic gettering (IG) in the course of a heat treatment, and, when a polysilicon layer is formed as a strain layer, iron and copper can be captured by the action of an extrinsic gettering (EG) using the polysilicon as a strong point for the capture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: KOMATSU DENSHI KINZOKU KABUSHIK KAISHAInventors: Hisao Iga, Satoshi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 6877668Abstract: A plurality of minute ID marks are inscribed on a semiconductor wafer which is under manufacture, without imposing adverse effect to the wafer, in order to make the marks less susceptible to surface treatment to be performed during the course of manufacture. Further, the minute ID marks act as mutual backups. Inscribing such minute ID marks on a semiconductor wafer prevents confusion due to effacement of ultra-minute marks and eliminates worry about the impossibility of tracing a semiconductor wafer.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2000Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Komatsu Electronic Metals Co., Ltd.Inventor: Satoshi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 5900651Abstract: A distance from the bottom of a mesa groove to an underlying pn junction exceeds the elongation of a depletion layer from the underlying pn junction that occurs when a voltage nearly equal to a target withstand voltage is applied, and a groove width of a section other than a corner of the mesa groove, that is, the groove width of a straight section, is nearly equal to the distance from the bottom of the mesa groove to the underlying pn junction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1995Date of Patent: May 4, 1999Assignee: Komatsu, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Kitagawa, Toshihiro Tabuchi, Toshiyuki Kamei, Tatsuya Kamimura