Patents by Inventor Takahiro UMENO

Takahiro UMENO 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: 20240140246
    Abstract: A method for informing of a battery station (battery replacement facility) includes acquiring information (condition information) about a condition emphasized by a user of an electric vehicle, out of a plurality of conditions for a plurality of battery stations for replacement of a battery (secondary battery) mounted on the electric vehicle. The method for informing of the battery station includes determining at least one battery station, which is recommended to the user out of the plurality of battery stations, by evaluating each of the plurality of battery stations based on the information. The method for informing of the battery station includes notifying the user of information about the at least one battery station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soshiro MURATA, Hiroshi UMENO, Takahiro NOMURA, Yuya ONOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11828522
    Abstract: A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cooling unit and a magnetic shielding unit. The cooling unit is configured to cool a refrigerant. The magnetic shielding unit covers around the cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kondo, Kunio Kazami, Hiroshi Kubota, Shunichi Matsumoto, Takahiro Umeno, Syoji Takami, Takuji Ito
  • Publication number: 20210293475
    Abstract: A helium circulation system includes a refrigerator configured to cool a gas refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant; a first path configured to feed the liquid refrigerant from the refrigerator to a Dewar; a second path configured to feed the gas refrigerant from the Dewar to a vaporized gas collector via the refrigerator; a third path configured to feed the gas refrigerant from the vaporized gas collector to the refrigerator; a fourth path configured to feed the gas refrigerant from the Dewar to the vaporized gas collector without via the refrigerator; and a control unit configured to feed the liquid refrigerant through the first path while feeding the gas refrigerant through the third path when the refrigerator is driven, and feed the gas refrigerant through the second path while feeding the gas refrigerant the fourth path, when the refrigerator is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi MATSUMOTO, Kunio KAZAMI, Jun KONDO, Hiroshi KUBOTA, Takahiro UMENO, Shoji TAKAMI, Kenji IWAMOTO, Yujiro HOTEI
  • Publication number: 20210293467
    Abstract: A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cooling unit and a magnetic shielding unit. The cooling unit is configured to cool a refrigerant. The magnetic shielding unit covers around. the cooling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicants: Ricoh Company, Ltd., Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Jun KONDO, Kunio KAZAMI, Hiroshi KUBOTA, Shunichi MATSUMOTO, Takahiro UMENO, Syoji TAKAMI, Takuji ITO
  • Patent number: 10376839
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine having sufficient NOx purification performance. The exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine according to the present invention has a catalyst component including noble metal and ceria supported on a three-dimensional structure. In the whole catalyst, the supported amount of ceria per 1 L of catalyst is 140 to 300 g/L, and in the whole catalyst, is 50 to 98% by mass with respect to the whole coated amount. Furthermore, it is characterized that 50% by mass or more of ceria is included in the same catalyst layer in which noble metal is included, and the amount of noble metal included in the catalyst layer is 0.1% by mass or more with respect to the amount of ceria included in the catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10226755
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of efficiently removing carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC), and a nitrogen oxide (NOx), in particular NOx, which are harmful components contained in exhaust gas. The NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention is characterized by being obtained by using a complex oxide of strontium and cerium as a catalytic active component, in which the complex oxide of strontium and cerium adsorbs 1.0 mL or less of oxygen per gram in a 400° C. atmosphere, and sinters a precursor at 300° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9861961
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification method by which carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx), particularly NOx, which are hazardous components contained in an exhaust gas can be removed efficiently. The disclosure relates to a catalyst for exhaust gas purification including: a three-dimensional structure; and a catalyst component layer composed of one or more constituting layers on the three-dimensional structure, wherein the catalyst component layer contains (a) a noble metal-unsupported alumina having mesopores, (b) NOx storage material-supported cerium, (c) a refractory inorganic oxide, and (d) a noble metal, and the constituting layer of the uppermost surface among the one or more constituting layers contains (a) the noble metal-unsupported alumina and (b) the NOx storage material-supported cerium, a method for producing the same, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Umeno, Masaya Hanzawa, Yoshiyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20160346731
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine having sufficient NOx purification performance. The exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine according to the present invention has a catalyst component including noble metal and ceria supported on a three-dimensional structure. In the whole catalyst, the supported amount of ceria per 1 L of catalyst is 140 to 300 g/L, and in the whole catalyst, is 50 to 98% by mass with respect to the whole coated amount. Furthermore, it is characterized that 50% by mass or more of ceria is included in the same catalyst layer in which noble metal is included, and the amount of noble metal included in the catalyst layer is 0.1% by mass or more with respect to the amount of ceria included in the catalyst layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro UMENO, Masaya HANZAWA, Yoshiyuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160184803
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification method by which carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx), particularly NOx, which are hazardous components contained in an exhaust gas can be removed efficiently. The disclosure relates to a catalyst for exhaust gas purification including: a three-dimensional structure; and a catalyst component layer composed of one or more constituting layers on the three-dimensional structure, wherein the catalyst component layer contains (a) a noble metal-unsupported alumina having mesopores, (b) NOx storage material-supported cerium, (c) a refractory inorganic oxide, and (d) a noble metal, and the constituting layer of the uppermost surface among the one or more constituting layers contains (a) the noble metal-unsupported alumina and (b) the NOx storage material-supported cerium, a method for producing the same, and an exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro UMENO, Masaya HANZAWA, Yoshiyuki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150375205
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas capable of efficiently removing carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC), and a nitrogen oxide (NOx), in particular NOx, which are harmful components contained in exhaust gas. The NOx storage reduction catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of the present invention is characterized by being obtained by using a complex oxide of strontium and cerium as a catalytic active component, in which the complex oxide of strontium and cerium adsorbs 1.0 mL or less of oxygen per gram in a 400° C. atmosphere, and sinters a precursor at 300° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: UMICORE SHOKUBAI JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro UMENO, Masaya HANZAWA, Yoshiyuki HAYASHI