Patents by Inventor Shoji Kawai

Shoji Kawai 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: 20240101125
    Abstract: An information processing device calculates a feature related to driving of a driver. The information processing device includes: a processor that calculates the feature; and a transmission unit that transmits the calculated feature to an outside. The processor identifies whether there is a predetermined situation in which a risk in relation to a preceding vehicle occurs, and calculates, as the feature, information related to a behavior of the driver for reducing the risk when the predetermined situation is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihisa YAMADA, Taro KAWAI, Shoji KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20150326040
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 9168841
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 9061597
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a quick charger for an electric vehicle in which a quick charging cable can be compactly stored, which is excellent in safety, and in which the burden on a user in operations is lightened. Provided is a quick charger for an electric vehicle including: an operation panel provided on the front face of a body housing; an outlet for a charging cable provided on one side face of the body housing; a charging connector housing unit that is provided on the other side face of the body housing to hold a charging connector in the body housing; and a charging cable receiver that is provided at a lower part of the body housing, wherein the charging cable receiver has a function of holding an intermediate part of the charging cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Koichi Umezawa, Toshiyuki Utsuki, Yoshitomo Sakayori, Shoji Kawai, Masakatsu Horii
  • Publication number: 20130069588
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a quick charger for an electric vehicle in which a quick charging cable can be compactly stored, which is excellent in safety, and in which the burden on a user in operations is lightened. Provided is a quick charger for an electric vehicle including: an operation panel provided on the front face of a body housing; an outlet for a charging cable provided on one side face of the body housing; a charging connector housing unit that is provided on the other side face of the body housing to hold a charging connector in the body housing; and a charging cable receiver that is provided at a lower part of the body housing, wherein the charging cable receiver has a function of holding an intermediate part of the charging cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru ODA, Koichi UMEZAWA, Toshiyuki UTSUKI, Yoshitomo SAKAYORI, Shoji KAWAI, Masakatsu HORII
  • Publication number: 20110285345
    Abstract: Charging equipment and a charge control unit are provided, in which a plurality of devices mounted with battery can be simultaneously charged by the single charging equipment. Further, a method of controlling charge and a method of receiving charge are also provided. The charging equipment supplies electric power to the battery for charging, comprising a power output part which outputs DC power used for charging, a plurality of user operation units which can be connected with a vehicle equipped with a battery as a device mounted with battery, and the charge control unit which controls a power supply from the power output part to the user operation unit. Herein, the charge control unit distributes the electric power outputted from the power output part to supply the distributed power to the user operation unit connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Tomoyuki Marui, Masami Takahashi, Kazumi Rissen, Takafumi Ebara, Kei Yonezawa, Yoshihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 7775455
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a railway rail supporting pad that allows easy operations at a field site. In the invention, there is provided an outer bag made of a synthetic resin sheet housing a first inner bag and a second inner bag, the first inner bag containing a first reaction solution, the second inner bag containing a second reaction solution, the first and the second inner bags being configured to open at least partly due to outer pressure, the outer bag being provided with a separable sub bag in a communicative manner, an inlet of the sub bag as a communication part between the outer bag and the sub bag being closed by an easily debondable sealed portion, an interior of the sub bag being formed with a plurality of partitioning spaces partitioned by another easily debondable sealed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Gravure Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Kawai
  • Patent number: 7634832
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a bridge sleeper supporting pad for eliminating necessity of a recess to fit a projection of a rivet of a bridge beam, on a back face of a bridge sleeper or enhancing plate. For this, the invention provides a bridge sleeper supporting pad interposed between a bridge beam and bridge sleeper, including a main bag, first inner bag and second inner bag in the main bag, wherein the first inner bag contains a first reaction solution, the second inner bag contains a second reaction solution, the respective first and second inner bags are designed so that at least a part thereof opens under external pressure, the main bag is provided in communication with a sub bag, and the sub bag includes a plurality of compartments formed therein, the respective compartments partitioned by a sealed portion having a sealed portion with an inside easily peeled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Daiwa Gravure Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shoji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20080115298
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing a bridge sleeper supporting pad for eliminating necessity of a recess to fit a projection of a rivet of a bridge beam, on a back face of a bridge sleeper or enhancing plate. For this, the invention provides a bridge sleeper supporting pad interposed between a bridge beam and bridge sleeper, including a main bag, first inner bag and second inner bag in the main bag, wherein the first inner bag contains a first reaction solution, the second inner bag contains a second reaction solution, the respective first and second inner bags are designed so that at least a part thereof opens under external pressure, the main bag is provided in communication with a sub bag, and the sub bag includes a plurality of compartments formed therein, the respective compartments partitioned by a sealed portion having a sealed portion with an inside easily peeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Shoji Kawai
  • Publication number: 20080116291
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a railway rail supporting pad that allows easy operations at a field site. In the invention, there is provided an outer bag made of a synthetic resin sheet housing a first inner bag and a second inner bag, the first inner bag containing a first reaction solution, the second inner bag containing a second reaction solution, the first and the second inner bags being configured to open at least partly due to outer pressure, the outer bag being provided with a separable sub bag in a communicative manner, an inlet of the sub bag as a communication part between the outer bag and the sub bag being closed by an easily debondable sealed portion, an interior of the sub bag being formed with a plurality of partitioning spaces partitioned by another easily debondable sealed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Shoji Kawai
  • Patent number: 4125372
    Abstract: A method and device for testing a liquid such as urine for obtaining at least qualitative, but also quantitative, if desired, information in connection with a substance which may be present in the liquid. A reference body and at least one test body are dipped into and removed from the liquid which is to be tested, a suitable means being connected with the bodies to facilitate the dipping thereof into and the removal thereof from the liquid. The test body is capable of giving a color indication in connection with the substance while the reference body has characteristics substantially identical with those of the test cody except that the reference body is incapable of giving a color indication in connection with the substance. Thus, after removal of the bodies from the liquid the reflectivities thereof may be compared so as to give at least a qualitative, but also a quantitative, if desired, indication of the substance in connection with the liquid which is tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kyoto Kaiichi Kagaku
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Shigeki Yamada, Shinichi Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 4065358
    Abstract: An apparatus according to which a sample and a reagent are mixed together at a given temperature in a colorimetric cell to enable a property of the sample to be determined in an instrument such as a photoelectric colorimeter or a spectrophotometer. The sample and reagent are initially situated in a pair of containers one of which can be enclosed entirely within the other with the inner container extending above the level of the contents in the outer container. A colorimetric cell is connected in a fluid-tight manner at its open end to an upper open top of the outer container, and then after the entire assembly and the contents of the containers are brought to a given temperature, this assembly is inverted to discharge the contents of both containers into the colorimetric cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1977
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kyoto Daiichi Kagaku
    Inventors: Shoji Kawai, Kenichi Nishimura, Mitsuo Fukuda
  • Patent number: D669026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Koichi Umezawa, Toshiyuki Utsuki, Yoshitomo Sakayori, Shoji Kawai, Masakatsu Horii