Patents by Inventor Sho Hoshino
Sho Hoshino 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: 12106769Abstract: Provided are a program and a sound output device for maintaining the interest of the user. A sound output device 1 which outputs prescribed musical scales comprises: a level information acquisition unit 13 that acquires, as level information, a user's sense of pitch; a sound output unit 16 that outputs sound of which the pitch has been changed under prescribed conditions based on the acquired level information; a response information acquisition unit 19 that acquires, as response information, a response to the change in a musical scale input by the user on the basis of the output musical scale; a correctness determination unit 20 that determines the correctness of the acquired response information; and a level determination unit 21 that determines the level of the user's sense of pitch on the basis of the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NEUMO, INC.Inventors: Ryosei Wakabayashi, Masashi Yamada, Sho Hoshino
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Publication number: 20240139716Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst providing a catalyst performance and an OSC performance at the same time even at low temperature. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The second catalyst coating layer includes an upstream coating layer and a downstream coating layer. Rh in the upstream coating layer and the downstream coating layer are supported on specific carrier particles. Further, a particle diameter of Rh is controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Cataler CorporationInventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Nobuyuki Takagl, Takumi Tojo, Shogo Shirakawa, Kengo Shimizu, Sho Hoshino, Shun Sakamoto, Yosuke Toda
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Publication number: 20230405569Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having a catalyst performance and an OSC performance in a compatible manner in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The exhaust gas purification catalyst includes a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer includes a first catalyst coating layer containing Pd and/or Pt as a catalyst metal and a second catalyst coating layer containing Rh as a catalyst metal. The first catalyst coating layer is formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The second catalyst coating layer includes a high specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of more than 40 m2/g, a medium specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of 4 m2/g to 40 m2/g, and a low specific surface area OSC material having a specific surface area of less than 4 m2/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Takumi TOJO, Nobuyuki TAKAGI, Yosuke TODA, Sho HOSHINO, Shun SAKAMOTO
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Patent number: 11795855Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Takahiro Nishio, Shogo Shirakawa, Masahide Miura, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yuki Kido, Minoru Ito, Sho Hoshino, Shin Nakayama
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Patent number: 11759769Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji Nakahigashi, Takumi Tojo, Masahide Miura, Nobuyuki Takagi, Yoshiteru Yazawa, Sho Hoshino, Minoru Ito, Naoto Fujita, Tomomasa Aikawa
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Publication number: 20230291018Abstract: A charge and discharge control circuit includes an external terminal voltage input port, a positive electrode power supply terminal, a negative electrode power supply terminal, a detector and an external terminal voltage detector connected to the external terminal voltage input port, and a control circuit. The external terminal voltage input port is connected to an external terminal via an external resistor. The positive electrode power supply terminal and the negative electrode power supply terminal are respectively connected to positive and negative electrodes of a secondary cell. The detector outputs a power-down detection signal to the control circuit in a case where the external terminal voltage input port receives a power-down control signal according to turn-on of an external FET, and outputs a power-down release signal to the control circuit in a case where the external FET is turned off and a charger is connected to the external terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: ABLIC Inc.Inventors: Sho HOSHINO, Takashi ONO
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Patent number: 11725556Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved catalyst performance while securing an OSC in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer has an upstream coat layer formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and a downstream coat layer formed from an end portion in a downstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The downstream coat layer includes Rh as a catalytic metal, alumina-ceria-zirconia complex oxide, and alkaline earth metal.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Takumi Tojo, Takahiro Nishio, Yosuke Toda, Hirotaka Ori, Minoru Ito, Sho Hoshino
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Publication number: 20230084900Abstract: Provided are a program and a sound output device for maintaining the interest of the user. A sound output device 1 which outputs prescribed musical scales comprises: a level information acquisition unit 13 that acquires, as level information, a user's sense of pitch; a sound output unit 16 that outputs sound of which the pitch has been changed under prescribed conditions based on the acquired level information; a response information acquisition unit 19 that acquires, as response information, a response to the change in a musical scale input by the user on the basis of the output musical scale; a correctness determination unit 20 that determines the correctness of the acquired response information; and a level determination unit 21 that determines the level of the user's sense of pitch on the basis of the determination result.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Ryosei WAKABAYASHI, Masashi YAMADA, Sho HOSHINO
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Patent number: 11559768Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the transient state in which an A/F repeats rich and lean phases. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal, a composite oxide containing cerium oxide and zirconium oxide, and a composite oxide containing aluminum oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 20 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Akira Morikawa, Toshio Yamamoto, Satoru Katoh, Takashi Onozuka, Hirotaka Ori, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Sho Hoshino
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Patent number: 11504704Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate including an upstream end and a downstream end and having a length Ls; a first containing Pd particles, extending between the upstream end and a first position, and being in contact with the substrate; a second containing Rh particles, extending between the downstream end and a second position, and being in contact with the substrate; and a third catalyst layer containing Rh particles, extending between the upstream end and a third position, and being in contact with at least the first catalyst layer, wherein an average of a Rh particle size distribution is from 1.0 to 2.0 nm, and a standard deviation of the Rh particle size distribution is 0.8 nm or less in each of the second catalyst layer and the third catalyst layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Takumi Tojo, Shogo Shirakawa, Sho Hoshino, Minoru Ito, Naoto Fujita
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Publication number: 20220298942Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst having an improved catalyst performance while securing an OSC in an air-fuel ratio (A/F) rich atmosphere where HC poisoning is likely to occur. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a substrate and a catalyst coating layer coated on the substrate. The catalyst coating layer has an upstream coat layer formed from an end portion in an upstream side with respect to an exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst and a downstream coat layer formed from an end portion in a downstream side with respect to the exhaust gas flow direction in the exhaust gas purification catalyst. The downstream coat layer includes Rh as a catalytic metal, alumina-ceria-zirconia complex oxide, and alkaline earth metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takumi TOJO, Takahiro NISHIO, Yosuke TODA, Hirotaka ORI, Minoru ITO, Sho HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20220118428Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification device that allows improving an exhaust gas purification performance. An exhaust gas purification device of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a porous carrier, a catalytic metal that is supported by the porous carrier and belongs to platinum group, an alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier, and an alkaline earth metal not supported by the porous carrier. At least a part of the alkaline earth metal supported by the porous carrier is supported inside the porous carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Chinzei, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Takumi TOJO, Masahide MIURA, Noboyuki TAKAGI, Yoshiteru YAZAWA, Sho HOSHINO, Minoru ITO, Naoto FUJITA, Tomomasa AIKAWA
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Patent number: 11305877Abstract: An electronic device in an aspect of the present disclosure is an electronic device which is mounted on a seat that is turnable around a first axis such that the electronic device is turnable around a second axis. The electronic device includes a detector that detects acceleration information, and a controller that determines which of a turn around the first axis and a turn around the second axis is occurring based on a temporal change in the acceleration information detected by the detector.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Sho Hoshino
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Publication number: 20220062884Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a substrate including an upstream end and a downstream end and having a length Ls; a first containing Pd particles, extending between the upstream end and a first position, and being in contact with the substrate; a second containing Rh particles, extending between the downstream end and a second position, and being in contact with the substrate; and a third catalyst layer containing Rh particles, extending between the upstream end and a third position, and being in contact with at least the first catalyst layer, wherein an average of a Rh particle size distribution is from 1.0 to 2.0 nm, and a standard deviation of the Rh particle size distribution is 0.8 nm or less in each of the second catalyst layer and the third catalyst layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takumi TOJO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Sho HOSHINO, Minoru ITO, Naoto FUJITA
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Publication number: 20220045533Abstract: Provided is a charge/discharge control circuit controllable by a control signal from a controller that is external. The charge/discharge control circuit includes a control circuit configured to, in response to a power-down control signal for transitioning to a power-down state being input from the controller, latch the power-down control signal and block a discharge path from a secondary cell (SC) to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Sho HOSHINO, Takashi ONO, Yasuhiro KAMIJIMA
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Patent number: 11154842Abstract: An exhaust gas purification underfloor catalyst characterized in having a catalyst layer having a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer containing alumina and CeO2, the noble metal content of the lower layer being at most 0.5 mass % in relation to the mass of the lower layer, the upper layer containing Rh, alumina, and CeO2, the amount of noble metals other than Rh contained being 1 mol % or less in relation to the total amount of noble metals contained in the upper layer, the total amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer and the upper layer being 14 g/L to 30 g/L, the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer being 7 g/L to 25 g/L, and the amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer being 20% or more of the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Sho Hoshino, Noboru Sato, Keisuke Murawaki
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Publication number: 20210301706Abstract: Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Takahiro NISHIO, Shogo SHIRAKAWA, Masahide MIURA, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Yuki KIDO, Minoru ITO, Sho HOSHINO, Shin NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11053833Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the atmosphere where the A/F is rich. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst including a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal and a metal oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 50 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Isao Chinzei, Masahide Miura, Seiji Nakahigashi, Hiromasa Suzuki, Toshio Yamamoto, Akira Morikawa, Satoru Katoh, Takashi Onozuka, Hirotaka Ori, Mitsuyoshi Okada, Sho Hoshino
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Patent number: 10934910Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning catalyst that has: a substrate having a wall flow structure, wherein an entry side cell, in which the end part on an exhaust gas inflow side is open, and an exit side cell, in which the end part on the exhaust gas outflow side is open, are divided by a porous dividing wall; and a first catalyst layer that includes a metal catalyst and is disposed within the dividing wall so as to be in contact with the exit side cell and not in contact with the entry side cell, and no catalyst layer is provided in the region in contact with the entry side cell.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Haruka Makino, Yasutaka Nomura, Satoru Inoda, Sho Hoshino, Ryota Onoe
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Publication number: 20200353411Abstract: The present disclosure provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst with the improved purification performance under the high Ga condition and the transient state in which an A/F repeats rich and lean phases. The present disclosure relates to an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a catalyst coating layer on a substrate, the catalyst coating layer containing a noble metal, a composite oxide containing cerium oxide and zirconium oxide, and a composite oxide containing aluminum oxide, wherein in the catalyst coating layer: an average thickness of the coating layer is in a range from 20 ?m to 100 ?m; a porosity measured by a weight-in-water method is in a range from 50% by volume to 80% by volume; and high-aspect-ratio pores having an aspect ratio of 5 or more account for 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CATALER CORPORATIONInventors: Isao CHINZEI, Masahide MIURA, Seiji NAKAHIGASHI, Hiromasa SUZUKI, Akira MORIKAWA, Toshio YAMAMOTO, Satoru KATOH, Takashi ONOZUKA, Hirotaka ORI, Mitsuyoshi OKADA, Sho HOSHINO