Patents by Inventor Takahiro Ito

Takahiro Ito 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).

  • BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND BRAKE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220001845
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a brake control device and a brake system capable of braking with a shortened braking response when shifting from non-braking to braking. A brake control device 10 includes a command value calculation unit 4 that calculates an operation command value required to make a pressing force by which a brake pad 11a is pressed against a brake disc 11b reach a target thrust value. The command value calculation unit 4 includes: a clearance command calculation unit 43 that calculates a command value required for contact between the brake pad 11a and the brake disc 11b; and a thrust command calculation unit 40 that calculates a command value required for reaching the target thrust from a state where the brake pad 11a and the brake disc 11b are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoshiro ITAKURA, Toshiyuki AJIMA, Takahiro ITO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Daisuke GOTO, Makoto MATSUURA
  • Sulfur-Containing Compound, Solid Electrolyte, and Battery
    Publication number: 20220006117
    Abstract: A sulfur-containing compound containing a lithium (Li) element, a phosphorus (P) element, a sulfur (S) element, and a halogen (X) element, which can be suitably used as a solid electrolyte, and is able to suppress the generation of a hydrogen sulfide gas even when exposed to moisture in the atmosphere. The sulfur-containing compound has a peak at each position of 2?=21.3°±1.0°, 27.8°±1.0°, and 30.8°±0.5° in an X-ray diffraction pattern measured by an X-ray diffraction apparatus (XRD) using CuK?1 rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takahiro Ito, Masaru Hyakutake, Teruaki Yagi
  • BINDING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210404197
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit capable of feeding a wire and winding the wire around a to-be-bound object and a function unit movable between a first position located on a feeding locus of the wire and a second position deviating from a position on the feeding locus of the wire. The function unit is located in the second position in a predetermined state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro HASHIMOTO, Norihiro NAGAI, Takahiro ITO, Hikaru MIZUKAMI, Kozo IWAKI
  • Adhesive Composition and Thermally Fusible Member Using the Same
    Publication number: 20210384574
    Abstract: An adhesive composition including: an organic solvent; (A) a polyolefin that has an acid anhydride group and that is soluble in the organic solvent; and a cross-linking agent, in which a ring-opening ratio of an anhydrous ring of the acid anhydride group in (A) the polyolefin is from 0 to 60%, and a thermally fusible member using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Makoto HIRAKAWA, Hideki HIRAOKA
  • Solid electrolyte of lithium secondary battery and sulfide compound for said solid electrolyte
    Patent number: 11196083
    Abstract: As a novel sulfide compound having a low elastic modulus while retaining the high ion conductivity, a sulfide compound for a solid electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery that includes a crystal phase of a cubic argyrodite type crystal structure, and is represented by the compositional formula: Li7?xPS6?xClyBrz, wherein x in the compositional formula satisfies x=y+z and 1.0<x?1.8, and a ratio (z/y) of the molar ratio of Br to the molar ratio of Cl is from 0.1 to 10.0 is proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takashi Chikumoto, Takahiro Ito, Hideo Uesugi
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11119433
    Abstract: A protruding portion protruding in a rotation axis direction of an image bearing member is provided at a position between the tip of a separation claw and an apex of the separation claw, when the apex of the separation claw is disposed at a position farthest from the surface of the image bearing member in a direction perpendicular to a straight line connecting the tip and the rotation center of a shaft portion of the separation claw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Ito
  • Sulfide solid electrolyte and battery
    Patent number: 11108084
    Abstract: A novel sulfide solid electrolyte containing Li, P, S, and a halogen, which can be used as a solid electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery or the like, and is able to suppress the generation of a hydrogen sulfide gas even when exposed to moisture in the atmosphere. The sulfide solid electrolyte comprises a crystal phase or a compound having an argyrodite-type structure and containing Li, P, S, and a halogen; and a compound composed of Li, Cl, and Br and having a peak at each position of 2?=29.1°±0.5° and 33.7°±0.5° in an X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takahiro Ito, Takashi Chikumoto, Teruaki Yagi
  • STABILIZED FIBER BUNDLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBER BUNDLE
    Publication number: 20210222330
    Abstract: A method manufactures a flame-retardant fiber bundle by flame retarding treatment of a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber at 200-300° C. in an oxidizing atmosphere, wherein a fiber bundle is caused to travel so as to sequentially pass between an nth roller and an (n+1)th roller (n being an integer of at least 1 and no more than [m?1]) in a roller group formed from m (m being an integer of 3 or greater) contiguously set rollers, the roller axes of the m continuously set rollers being parallel to each other and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the fiber bundle, the roller diameter being 5-30 mm, and the specific gravity of the fiber bundle being 1.20-1.50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki Nishikawa, Takahiro Ito, Hiroyuki Kaiki
  • Exhaust structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 10988019
    Abstract: An exhaust structure of a vehicle is provided that can ensure an arrangement space for a mounted component below a floor panel and prevent thermal damage to the mounted component by reducing sizes of an engine and an exhaust silencer. An exhaust structure of a vehicle includes: an engine disposed in an engine bay formed in a front part of a vehicle; a silencer that reduces noise of exhaust gas from the engine and discharges the exhaust gas outside; an exhaust pipe that couples the engine and the silencer; and a battery unit disposed behind the engine and below a floor panel, the silencer being disposed between the engine and the battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kamo, Hirokazu Hasegawa, Takahiro Ito, Shohei Morimoto
  • ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR BATTERIES AND ADHESIVE MEMBER FOR BATTERIES USING SAME
    Publication number: 20210087438
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for a battery includes an acid-modified polyolefin (A) having an acidic group and/or an acid anhydride group and having a degree of acid modification of 0.001 to 0.10 mol %, and an alkoxysilyl group-containing compound (B) in an amount of 2 to 35 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the acid-modified polyolefin (A). In the adhesive composition for a battery, the component (B) can include at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkoxysilyl group-containing polyolefin (b1), an alkoxysilyl group-containing vinyl polymer (b2), and a silane coupling agent (b3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya SUGIKI, Takahiro ITO, Makoto IMAHORI
  • Solid Electrolyte
    Publication number: 20210075058
    Abstract: Provided is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte comprising lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and a halogen, as a novel solid electrolyte capable of suppressing generation of hydrogen sulfide and securing ionic conductivity. The solid electrolyte is characterized by comprising Li7?aPS6?aHaa (wherein Ha represents a halogen, and “a” satisfies 0.2<a?1.8) having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and Li3PS4, wherein, in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern obtained through measurement by an X-ray diffraction method, the ratio of the peak intensity of a peak appearing at a position in a range of diffraction angle 2?=26.0° to 28.8° derived from Li3PS4, relative to the peak intensity of a peak appearing at a position in a range of diffraction angle 2?=24.9° to 26.3° derived from the argyrodite-type crystal structure, is 0.04 to 0.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki Nakayama, Tsukasa Takahashi, Takahiro Ito, Norihiko Miyashita
  • Sulfide-type compound particles, solid electrolyte, and lithium secondary battery
    Patent number: 10938064
    Abstract: Sulfide-type compound particles microparticulated, having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and including lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), and a halogen (Ha). As sulfide-type compound particles that can inhibit generation of hydrogen sulfide gas even upon contact with moisture in the atmosphere, provided are sulfide-type compound particles having D50 in a volume-basis particle size distribution of 50 ?m or less and having an occupancy of sulfur (S) and the halogen (Ha) in the S3 (4a) site, as calculated by a neutron diffraction measurement, of 85% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaru Hyakutake, Teruaki Yagi
  • Vehicular electric power supply system
    Patent number: 10919468
    Abstract: A vehicular electric power supply system that is mounted in a vehicle includes: a load is configured to be supplied with electric power from one or both of a first-series electric power supply line and a second-series electric power supply line that are provided independently of each other; a first battery; a second battery; and a connection control device is configured to control connection of the first battery and the second battery to the first-series electric power supply line and the second-series electric power supply line, based on a state of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Taoka, Yasuharu Terada, Takahiro Ito
  • Moving speed control method of optical element switching device
    Patent number: 10921551
    Abstract: A moving speed control method of an optical element switching device including a fixing member, a moveable member having a plurality of recess portions configured to hold one or more optical elements, a driving device supported to the fixing member and configured to move the moveable member, and an engaging mechanism supported to the fixing member and configured to be engaged to the recess portion to thereby position each of the one or more optical elements on an optical axis, the moving speed control method includes: starting to move the moveable member from a state where the recess portion is engaged to the engaging mechanism; accelerating a moving speed of the moveable member; decelerating the moving speed when the engaging mechanism is to be engaged to the next recess portion; and making the moving speed zero when the engaging mechanism is engaged to the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Ito
  • Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210039631
    Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle suitable for an automatic/manual driving mode vehicle that employs brakes capable of controlling braking forces of four wheels. A vehicle control device including a pitch angle adjustment unit that adjusts a pitch angle, which is an inclination of a vehicle generated in the vehicle when braking the vehicle, or a change amount of the pitch angle, the pitch angle adjustment unit adjusting the pitch angle according to a traveling mode of the vehicle instructed by a host controller provided in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Takaya TSUKAGOSHI
  • Sulfide Solid Electrolyte and Battery
    Publication number: 20210028486
    Abstract: A novel sulfide solid electrolyte containing Li, P, S, and a halogen, which can be used as a solid electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery or the like, and is able to suppress the generation of a hydrogen sulfide gas even when exposed to moisture in the atmosphere. The sulfide solid electrolyte comprises a crystal phase or a compound having an argyrodite-type structure and containing Li, P, S, and a halogen; and a compound composed of Li, Cl, and Br and having a peak at each position of 2?=29.1°±0.5° and 33.7°±0.5° in an X-ray diffraction pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takahiro Ito, Takashi Chikumoto, Teruaki Yagi
  • Sulfide-Type Compound Particles, Solid Electrolyte, and Lithium Secondary Battery
    Publication number: 20210020984
    Abstract: Sulfide-type compound particles microparticulated, having an argyrodite-type crystal structure, and including lithium (Li), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), and a halogen (Ha). As sulfide-type compound particles that can inhibit generation of hydrogen sulfide gas even upon contact with moisture in the atmosphere, provided are sulfide-type compound particles having D50 in a volume-basis particle size distribution of 50 ?m or less and having an occupancy of sulfur (S) and the halogen (Ha) in the S3 (4a) site, as calculated by a neutron diffraction measurement, of 85% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaru Hyakutake, Teruaki Yagi
  • Sulfide-Based Solid Electrolyte Particles
    Publication number: 20210013542
    Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle having a crystal phase of a cubic argyrodite-type crystal structure composed of Li, P, S and a halogen (Ha. The proposed sulfide-based solid electrolyte particle has a feature such that the ratio (ZHa2/ZHa1) of an element ratio ZHa2 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface to an element ratio ZHa1 of the halogen (Ha) at the position of 100 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or lower, as measured by XPS; and the ratio (ZO2/ZA2) of an element ratio ZO2 of oxygen to the total ZA2 of element ratios of phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), oxygen (O) and the halogen (Ha) at the position of 5 nm in depth from the particle surface is 0.5 or higher, as measured by XPS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Tsukasa Takahashi, Takashi Chikumoto, Takahiro Ito
  • BRAKE SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF BRAKE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200384966
    Abstract: A brake system capable of accurately controlling a braking force includes a first and second brake devices that have different control accuracies, and a brake control device that controls a braking force of the first and second braking devices according to a required braking force. The brake control device has a first control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is controlled to be smaller than the braking force of the second brake device, and a second control mode in which the braking force of the first brake device is increased rather than the first control mode. The second brake device is controlled so that a sum of the braking force of the first brake device and the braking force of the second brake device matches the required braking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ITO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Wataru YOKOYAMA, Daisuke GOTO
  • DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTION SERVER, DATA COLLECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20200358626
    Abstract: A data collection server determines, based on the data received from the data collection terminal, a collection schedule for collecting data from the data collection terminal. Then the data collection server determines, based on the determined collection schedule, a fee plan to be signed-up for from among at least two contract plans that indicate fees charged in accordance with an amount of data communicated via the communication line. Then the data collection server notifies, to the data collection terminal, the determined collection schedule and the determined contract plan. The data collection terminal transmits the data collected from the facility device to the data collection server in accordance with the notified collection schedule and the notified contract plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Takahiro ITO