Patents by Inventor Takahiro Endo

Takahiro Endo 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: 20150155539
    Abstract: A separator for a battery, a battery, and a method of preparing a graft copolymer for a binder, the separator including a porous substrate; a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous substrate, the coating layer including an inorganic oxide; and a binder between the porous substrate and the inorganic oxide or between adjacent particles of the inorganic oxide, the binder including a graft copolymer, wherein the graft copolymer has a backbone of a polyvinylidene fluoride-based polymer or a polyvinylidene fluoride-based copolymer, and a pendant chain grafted to the backbone, the pendant chain including a hydrophilic repeating unit, and fluorine atoms in the backbone of the graft copolymer are partially substituted with at least one of chlorine, bromine, or iodine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: June PARK, Takahiro ENDO, Jung-Hyun NAM, Jong-Hwan PARK, Iwao FUKUCHI
  • Patent number: 8785019
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a nickel-hydrogen rechargeable battery is a strip-shaped negative electrode, the negative electrode being formed of a core body and a negative mixture layer covering the core body and containing hydrogen-storage alloy particles, including a main section, both sides of which face the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween as viewed in a rolled state where the negative electrode forms the electrode group with the positive electrode and the separator, and an outermost circumferential portion and an innermost circumferential portion that are protruding from ends of the main section in a rolling direction and facing the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween only with one side, wherein the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the outermost circumferential portion and the innermost circumferential portion have an average diameter larger than an average diameter of the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the main section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: FDK Twicell Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Toshiki Sato, Akira Saguchi, Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Hideyuki Asanuma, Masanori Tamura
  • Patent number: 8786872
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a print unit; an instruction unit for giving an instruction to start a printing operation; and a print control unit for controlling the printing operation according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, in which, when there is no instruction to start a subsequent printing operation after the executing of the printing operation to the recording medium according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, the print control unit executes a first post-processing operation for completing the printing operation, and the print control unit determines an operation to be performed after the executing of the first post-processing operation based on whether or not the instruction to start the subsequent printing operation is received during the executing of the first post-processing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20140003831
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a print unit; an instruction unit for giving an instruction to start a printing operation; and a print control unit for controlling the printing operation according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, in which, when there is no instruction to start a subsequent printing operation after the executing of the printing operation to the recording medium according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, the print control unit executes a first post-processing operation for completing the printing operation, and the print control unit determines an operation to be performed after the executing of the first post-processing operation based on whether or not the instruction to start the subsequent printing operation is received during the executing of the first post-processing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro ENDO
  • Patent number: 8592084
    Abstract: An alkaline secondary cell has an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and alkaline electrolyte. The negative electrode includes hydrogen-storage alloy and an oxidation inhibitor that inhibits the hydrogen-storage alloy from being oxidized. The oxidation inhibitor contains a chemical compound, and the chemical compound includes a chemical-bond-formation end that is chemically bonded to the surface of the hydrogen-storage alloy and a water-repellent end having water repellency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: FDK Twicell Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Saguchi, Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20130278500
    Abstract: A force sense interface includes a tactile finger base having a plurality of tactile fingers, which are capable of tracking motions of the fingers of a hand of an operator, an arm mechanism, which allow spatial motion of the tactile finger base, and a controller, which controls the arm mechanism in accordance with the position and posture of the hand, and controls the tactile fingers in accordance with the movements of the fingers of the operator. The force sense interface further includes finger holders for attaching the tactile fingers on the fingers of the operator in a state where the tactile finger base is distanced from the back of the hand of the operator (H) so as to face the back of the hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GIFU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haruhisa Kawasaki, Takahiro Endo, Tetuya Mouri, Hisashi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8531701
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a print unit; an instruction unit for giving an instruction to start a printing operation; and a print control unit for controlling the printing operation according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, in which, when there is no instruction to start a subsequent printing operation after the executing of the printing operation to the recording medium according to the instruction to start the printing operation from the instruction unit, the print control unit executes a first post-processing operation for completing the printing operation, and the print control unit determines an operation to be performed after the executing of the first post-processing operation based on whether or not the instruction to start the subsequent printing operation is received during the executing of the first post-processing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 8404032
    Abstract: A humidity-conditioning sheet 10 excellent in reversibility and responsiveness of a moisture adsorbing/desorbing ability of rapidly adsorbing moisture at high ambient humidity and conversely rapidly desorbing adsorbed moisture at low ambient humidity includes a sheet-shaped humidity-conditioning layer 7 formed by bonding together, with a thermoplastic resin powder 4, humidity-conditioning particles 3 which reversibly adsorb and desorb water vapor. The void ratio of the humidity-conditioning layer 7 is 5% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Kasei Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Endo, Masaru Shimoyama, Yuko Tsuruta, Yutaka Mori
  • Publication number: 20120315524
    Abstract: A negative electrode for a nickel-hydrogen rechargeable battery is a strip-shaped negative electrode, the negative electrode being formed of a core body and a negative mixture layer covering the core body and containing hydrogen-storage alloy particles, including a main section, both sides of which face the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween as viewed in a rolled state where the negative electrode forms the electrode group with the positive electrode and the separator, and an outermost circumferential portion and an innermost circumferential portion that are protruding from ends of the main section in a rolling direction and facing the positive electrode with the separator intervening therebetween only with one side, wherein the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the outermost circumferential portion and the innermost circumferential portion have an average diameter larger than an average diameter of the hydrogen-storage alloy particles contained in the main section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: FDK TWICELL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Toshiki Sato, Akira Saguchi, Satoshi Wada, Isao Mugima, Tomomi Nakamura, Hideyuki Asanuma, Masanori Tamura
  • Patent number: 8216724
    Abstract: A polymer electrolyte capable of obtaining superior discharge characteristics and a battery using it are provided. A cathode (21) and an anode (22) are wound with a separator (24) in between. After that, the wound body is contained inside a package member. Then, an electrolytic composition containing a solvent, polyvinyl acetal or the derivative thereof, and lithium hexafluorophosphate is added thereto. Polyvinyl acetal or the derivative thereof is polymerized by using lithium hexafluorophosphate as a catalyst. Thereby, a polymer electrolyte (23) is formed, and the discharge characteristics are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Uchida, Takahiro Endo, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Takeru Yamamoto, Takehiko Suwa, Yoshiaki Naruse
  • Publication number: 20120164527
    Abstract: An alkaline secondary cell has an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator, and alkaline electrolyte. The negative electrode includes hydrogen-storage alloy and an oxidation inhibitor that inhibits the hydrogen-storage alloy from being oxidized. The oxidation inhibitor contains a chemical compound, and the chemical compound includes a chemical-bond-formation end that is chemically bonded to the surface of the hydrogen-storage alloy and a water-repellent end having water repellency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: FDK TWICELL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Saguchi, Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 7955731
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cell includes an electrode body including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator, the positive electrode and the negative electrode being arranged to oppose each other with the separator therebetween, and being rolled or stacked; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution; and an exterior package for accommodating the electrode body and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution. A polymeric support is provided between the separator and at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the ratio (MO/MA) of the amount (MO) of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution present between the electrode body and the exterior package to the amount (MA) of the nonaqueous electrolyte solution present in the exterior package is 0.04 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakamura, Yuji Uchida, Takehiko Suwa, Hirotaka Sakai, Takahiro Endo
  • Patent number: 7919208
    Abstract: A battery capable of obtaining a high capacity and reducing its expansion is provided. A spirally wound electrode body formed through laminating a cathode and an anode with a separator and an electrolyte in between to form a laminate and spirally winding the laminate is included in a package member made of an aluminum laminate film. An anode active material layer includes an agglomerated graphite material in which a plurality of primary particles made of graphite having fine pores are agglomerated so that the orientation planes thereof are not parallel to each other, at least in part, to form secondary particles. In the agglomerated graphite material, the total volume of fine pores with a diameter from 10 nm to 1×105 nm inclusive estimated by mercury porosimetry ranges from 0.5 cm3/g to 1.5 cm3/g inclusive per unit weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takeru Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Nakamura, Yuji Uchida, Yukifumi Takeda, Takehiko Suwa, Gentaro Kano, Takahiro Endo
  • Publication number: 20100216018
    Abstract: A hydrogen-absorbing alloy is represented by the general formula Ln1-xMgxNiy-a-bAlaMb (where Ln is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements, Zr, Ti, and Y, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Ga, Zn, Sn, In, Cu, Si, P, B, and Zr, 0.05?x?0.35, 0.05?a?0.30, 0?b?0.5, and 2.5?y<3.3). The Ln in the general formula includes Sm as its main component, and the hydrogen-absorbing alloy has an electrochemical capacity of 300 mAh/g or greater. An alkaline storage battery containing a negative electrode containing the hydrogen absorbing alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigekazu Yasuoka, Yoshifumi Magari, Tadayoshi Tanaka, Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Akira Saguchi
  • Patent number: 7776465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a battery element contained in an outer covering member composed of a laminated film and sealed therein by heat seal, and a gas absorbable material interposed between the outermost layer of the outer covering member and the battery element. Such a battery is advantageous in that even if gas occurs in the battery element, the laminated film as the outer covering member is prevented from being swelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyonobu Hatazawa, Tomitaro Hara, Takahiro Endo, Kazuhito Hatta
  • Patent number: 7704633
    Abstract: In a polymer electrolyte battery including a battery element having a cathode and an anode coiled through a polymer electrolyte, a section of the battery element perpendicular to the coiling axis has a curved form. As compared with a polymer electrolyte battery having a flat plate type battery element curved, the former battery has an extremely low possibility of short-circuit at the end of an electrode and excellent battery characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Endo, Koichiro Kezuka, Kazuhito Hatta, Takayuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 7700237
    Abstract: The composition of hydrogen storage alloy particles used in a negative plate of an alkaline secondary battery is expressed by a general formula: (Laa Prb Ndc Zd)1-w Mgw Niz-x-y Alx Ty. In the formula, Z is an element selected from the group consisting of Ce and others, and T is an element selected from the group consisting of V and others. Subscripts a, b, c and d fall in ranges of 0?a?0.25, 0<b, 0<c, and 0?d?0.20, respectively, and satisfy the relationship expressed by a+b+c+d=1, where 0.20?b/c?0.35. Subscripts x, y, z and w fall in ranges of 0.15?x ?0.30, 0?y?0.5, 3.3?z?3.8, and 0.05?w?0.15, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Kihara, Takahiro Endo, Tatsuya Aizawa
  • Patent number: 7682752
    Abstract: A battery in which the relative positions of a cathode, an anode and a separator are maintained with high precision is provided. A cathode and an anode face each other with a polymer electrolyte including a polymer and a separator in between. In each of the cathode and the anode, an active material layer is disposed on a current collector. Exposed regions where the active material layers are not disposed on the current collectors and the separator are adhered to each other with the polymer electrolyte in between. Thereby, even under a high-temperature environment, the heat shrinkage of the separator can be prevented, and heat generation due to the generation of a short-circuit current can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nakamura, Takahiro Endo, Hiroyuki Akashi
  • Patent number: 7678502
    Abstract: An alkaline storage cell has a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage alloy, and an alkaline electrolyte. The hydrogen storage alloy has a composition expressed by a general expression: ((PrNd)?Ln1-?)1-?Mg?Ni?-?-?Al?T?, where Ln represents at least one element chosen from a group consisting of La, Ce, etc., T represents at least one element chosen from a group consisting of V, Nb, etc., and subscripts ?, ?, ?, ? and ? represent numerical values which satisfy 0.7<?, 0.05<?<0.15, 3.0???4.2, 0.15???0.30 and 0???0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Endo, Masaru Kihara, Tatsuya Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20100005968
    Abstract: A humidity-conditioning sheet 10 excellent in reversibility and responsiveness of a moisture adsorbing/desorbing ability of rapidly adsorbing moisture at high ambient humidity and conversely rapidly desorbing adsorbed moisture at low ambient humidity includes a sheet-shaped humidity-conditioning layer 7 formed by bonding together, with a thermoplastic resin powder 4, humidity-conditioning particles 3 which reversibly adsorb and desorb water vapor. The void ratio of the humidity-conditioning layer 7 is 5% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: Nippon Kasei Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Takahiro Endo, Masaru Shimoyama, Yuko Tsuruta, Yutaka Mori